Protocentrophorus Temporal range: Cenomanian to Campanian
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Squalidae |
Genus: | †Protocentrophorus Adnet et al. 2008 |
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†Centrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius, 1935
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Protocentrophorus is a genus of was a genus of dogfish shark that existed during the Cretaceous.[2] Fossils have been found in the Tauragė County of Lithuania and British Columbia in Canada.[3] Known from teeth, they were originally assigned to the genus Centrophorus.
While some classify Protocentrophorus as belonging to the family Squalidae, phylogenetic tests indicate that it might be a member of the Centrophoridae.[4]