Squalicorax Temporal range: Albian-Maastrichtian,
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Squalicorax pristodontus tooth from the late Maastrichtian of Khouribga, Morocco | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †Anacoracidae |
Genus: | †Squalicorax Whitley, 1939 |
Type species | |
†Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz, 1835
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Species | |
List of species
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Squalicorax, commonly known as the crow shark, is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. The genus had a global distribution in the Late Cretaceous epoch. Multiple species within this genus are considered to be wastebasket taxon due to morphological similarities in the teeth.