| Ozarcus Temporal range: Carboniferous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Falcatidae |
| Genus: | †Ozarcus Pradel et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †O. mapesae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ozarcus mapesae Pradel et al., 2014
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Ozarcus is an extinct genus of symmoriiform cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period of Arkansas. The type species, Ozarcus mapesae, was named in 2014 based on cartilaginous skulls from the Serpukhovian-age Fayetteville Formation. The genus is named after the Ozark Mountains (the region of discovery) while the species was named after its discoverer, G. K. Mapes.[1]