Maghriboselache

Maghriboselache
Temporal range: Late Devonian (Famennian), 369–369.5 Ma
Reconstructions of Maghriboselache
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

  1. ^ Klug, Christian; Coates, Michael; Frey, Linda; Greif, Merle; Jobbins, Melina; Pohle, Alexander; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Haouz, Wahiba Bel; Ginter, Michal (2023-03-28). "Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 142 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00266-6. ISSN 1664-2384.