Maghriboselache Temporal range: Late Devonian (Famennian),
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Reconstructions of Maghriboselache | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | †Cladoselachiformes |
Family: | †Cladoselachidae |
Genus: | †Maghriboselache Klug et al, 2023 |
Type species | |
Maghriboselache mohamezanei Klug et al, 2023
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Maghriboselache is an extinct genus of cladoselachid symmoriiform fish that lived 369 million years ago during the Late Devonian (middle Famennian stage) of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, M. mohmezanei. Maghriboselache represents the first cladoselachid to be discovered with significant details of the jaws, braincase and even endocranium. Along with Cladoselache, it shares a unique and distinctive tooth and upper jaw morphology.[1]