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Anacoracidae
Sign in to saveAnacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax. Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderLamniformes
- FamilyAnacoracidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 68
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Anacoracidae
- Collections
- FHSM, NHMUK, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lamniformes
- Image
- Squalicorax2DB.jpg
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- Anacoracidae
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- Anacoracidae
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Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax. Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anacoracidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.