Pseudocorax

Pseudocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains six valid species that have been found in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America.[8] It was formerly assigned to the family Anacoracidae, but is now placed in its own family Pseudocoracidae along with Galeocorax.[1]

Pseudocorax
Temporal range:
Tooth of P. granti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Superorder:
Selachimorpha
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
†Pseudocoracidae

Genus:
†Pseudocorax

Priem, 1897[2]
Type species
†Pseudocorax affinis
(Münster in Agassiz, 1843)[3]
Other species
  • †Pseudocorax heteromorphus
    (Reuss, 1845)[4]
  • †Pseudocorax laevis
    Leriche, 1906[5]
  • †Pseudocorax granti
    Cappetta & Case, 1975[6]
  • †Pseudocorax duchaussoisi
    Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 2013[7]
  • †Pseudocorax kindlimanni
    Jambura, Stumpf, & Kriwet, 2021[8]
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • P. affinis
      • Corax affinis
        Münster in Agassiz, 1843
      • Corax planus
        Agassiz, 1843
      • Pseudocorax planus
        (Agassiz, 1843)
    P. heteromorphus
    P. laevis
      • Pseudocorax affinis var. laevis
        Leriche, 1906

References
  1. Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
  2. Priem, F. (1897). "Sur des dents d'Élasmobranches de divers gisements sénoniens (Villedieu, Meudon, Folx-les-Caves)". Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France. 3e série. 25: 40–56.
  3. Agassiz, J.L.R. (1837–1843). Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Tome III. Neuchâtel & Solothurn: Petipierre et Prince & Jent et Gassmann. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4275.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. Reuss, A.E. (1845–1846). Die Versteinerungen der böhmischen Kreideformation. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.44915.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  5. Leriche, M. (1906). "Contribution à l'étude des poissons fossiles du Nord de la France et des régions voisines". Mémoires de la Société géologique du Nord. 5: 1–430.
  6. Cappetta, H.; Case, G.R. (1975). "Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas". Geobios. 8 (4): 303–307. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(75)80028-3.
  7. Guinot, G.; Underwood, C.J.; Cappetta, H.; Ward, D.J. (2013). "Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (6): 589–671. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.767286.
  8. Jambura, P.L.; Stumpf, S.; Kriwet, J. (2021). "Skeletal remains of the oldest known pseudocoracid shark Pseudocorax kindlimanni sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon". Cretaceous Research. 125: 104842. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104842.



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