Kaibabvenator Temporal range:
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Comparison of K. swiftae, Diablodontus, and Glikmanius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
Genus: | †Kaibabvenator Hodnett, Elliot, Olson & Wittke, 2012[1] |
Species: | †K. swiftae
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Binomial name | |
†Kaibabvenator swiftae Hodnett et al. 2012[1]
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Kaibabvenator swiftae is a very large, extinct ctenacanthiform fish that lived in marine environments in what is now Arizona, during the Middle Permian Period.[2] K. swiftae is known from large teeth up to 30 millimeters long found in the Kachina Microsite, of the lower Fossil Mountain Member, in the Kaibab Formation near Flagstaff, Arizona,[1] suggesting a total body length of around 5–6 metres (16–20 ft).[3] The specific name honors researcher Sandra Swift for her paleontological contributions to Northern Arizona University.[1]