Ptychocorax Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | † Anacoracidae |
Genus: | †
Ptychocorax Glickman & Istchenko in Glickman, 1980 [1] |
Type species | |
†Ptychocorax dolloi (Leriche, 1929)
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Ptychocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains three valid species that have been found in Europe and Asia. [1] [4] It was originally identified as a hybodontiform, [2] but was later reidentified as an anacoracid. [1] [4] It has also been considered to belong to its own family, Ptychocoracidae. [5] Ptychocorax is characterized by its unique dentition, combining Squalicorax-like, cutting anterior teeth with Ptychodus-like, crushing posterior teeth. [1] [4]
Ptychocorax Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | † Anacoracidae |
Genus: | †
Ptychocorax Glickman & Istchenko in Glickman, 1980 [1] |
Type species | |
†Ptychocorax dolloi (Leriche, 1929)
[2]
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Other species | |
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Synonyms | |
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
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Ptychocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains three valid species that have been found in Europe and Asia. [1] [4] It was originally identified as a hybodontiform, [2] but was later reidentified as an anacoracid. [1] [4] It has also been considered to belong to its own family, Ptychocoracidae. [5] Ptychocorax is characterized by its unique dentition, combining Squalicorax-like, cutting anterior teeth with Ptychodus-like, crushing posterior teeth. [1] [4]