Scindocorax

Scindocorax is an extinct genus of anacoracid mackerel shark from the Cretaceous period.[1] It currently holds a single species Scindocorax novamexicanus but a second more robust unnamed morph is known from the same locality.[2] It was described from the Santonian age of New Mexico. It is related to the larger, more common Squalicorax.

Scindocorax
Temporal range: Santonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Anacoracidae
Genus: Scindocorax
Bourden et al., 2011

References

  1. WRIGHT DUNBAR, ROBYN, Rice Universi (1992). "The Transgressive Depositional Record at Parasequence Scale: A Model from the Upper Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone, New Mexico and Colorado". AAPG Bulletin. 76. doi:10.1306/f4c8f296-1712-11d7-8645000102c1865d. ISSN 0149-1423.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "elasmo.com". www.elasmo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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