Cosmoselachus Temporal range: Carboniferous (Upper Mississippian),
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
Family: | †Falcatidae |
Genus: | †Cosmoselachus |
Species: | †C. mehlingi
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Binomial name | |
†Cosmoselachus mehlingi Bronson et al., 2024
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Cosmoselachus is an extinct genus of symmoriiform chondrichthyan from the Upper Carboniferous (Mississippian subperiod) aged Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas, United States. The genus contains a single species, C. mehlingi, which is known from a partial specimen that includes the cranium, jaws, gill arches, pectoral fins, and teeth.[1]