Cosmoselachus

Cosmoselachus
Temporal range: Carboniferous (Upper Mississippian), Middle Chesterian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Symmoriiformes
Family: Falcatidae
Genus: Cosmoselachus
Species:
C. mehlingi
Binomial name
Cosmoselachus mehlingi
Bronson et al., 2024

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]

  1. ^ Bronson, Allison W.; Pradel, Alan; Denton, John S. S.; Maisey, John G. (2024-03-07). "A new operculate symmoriiform chondrichthyan from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, United States)". Geodiversitas. 46 (4): 101–117. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a4. eISSN 1638-9395. ISSN 1280-9659.