Scindocorax

Scindocorax
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Superorder: Galeomorphi
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Anacoracidae
Genus: †
Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011[1]
Species:
†S. novimexicanus
Binomial name
†Scindocorax novimexicanus
Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011

Scindocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single valid species, S. novimexicanus, from the Point Lookout Sandstone of New Mexico.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bourdon, J.; Wright, K.; Lucas, S.G.; Spielmann, J.A.; Pence, R. (2011). "Selachians from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 52: 1–54.


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