Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Full reference: K. N. Bice and K. Shimada. 2016. Fossil marine vertebrates from the Codell Sandstone Member (middle Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Jewell County, Kansas, USA. Cretaceous Research 65:172-198
Belongs to Squalicorax according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Bice and Shimada 2016
Sister taxa: Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Priscusurus adruptodontus, Squalicorax acutus, Squalicorax arnaudi, Squalicorax baharijensis, Squalicorax bazzii, Squalicorax benguerirensis, Squalicorax bernardezi, Squalicorax coquandi, Squalicorax crassidens, Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax dalinkevichiusi, Squalicorax falcatus, Squalicorax intermedius, Squalicorax kaupi, Squalicorax lalunaensis, Squalicorax microserratus, Squalicorax moodyi, Squalicorax mutabilis, Squalicorax parallelus, Squalicorax pawpawensis, Squalicorax primaevus, Squalicorax primigenius, Squalicorax primulus, Squalicorax priscoserratus, Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax trapezoidalis, Squalicorax yangaensis, Anacorax kugleri, Corax maximus, Corax jaekeli, Corax planus
Type specimen: FHSM VP-18579, a tooth. Its type locality is Abandoned quarry, Jewell County, which is in a Turonian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas, New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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