Biology:Galeocorax
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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks
| Galeocorax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Pseudocoracidae |
| Genus: | †Galeocorax Cappetta, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Galeocorax jaekeli (Woodward, 1895)[2]
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Galeocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single valid species, G. jaekeli, that has been found in Europe and North America.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Woodward, A.S. (1895). "Note on a supposed tooth of Galeocerdo from the English Chalk". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 15 (85): 4–5. doi:10.1080/00222939508677842. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54281#page/18/mode/1up.
- ↑ Cappetta, H. (1977). "Observations sur quelques Selaciens du Cretace superieur d'Angleterre avec la description d'un genre nouveau". Geobios 10 (3): 479–485. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(77)80029-6. Bibcode: 1977Geobi..10..479C.
- ↑ Lambrecht, K. (1933). Handbuch der Palaeornithologie. Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger. http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/N10886855.pdf.
- ↑ Herman, J.; Van Waes, H. (2012). "Observations diverses et déductions concernant l'evolution et la systématique de quelques Euselachii, Neoselachii et Batoidei (Pisces - Elasmobranchii), actuels et fossiles.". Géominpal Belgica 2 (1): 1–89. http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%202/Geominpal%20Belgica%202.pdf.
- ↑ Greenfield, T. (2022). "Determination of priority between Galeocorax Cappetta, 2012 and Eugaleocerdo Herman & Van Waes, 2012 (Galeomorphii incerti ordinis, Pseudocoracidae)". Zootaxa 5162 (3): 299–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.7. PMID 36095504.
- ↑ Averianov, A.O. (1997). "Additions to the selachian fauna of the Russian Cretaceous. 2. A new species of Paracorax Cappetta, 1977 (Chondrichthyes: Anacoracidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica 6 (1/2): 315–316. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235805876.
Wikidata ☰ Q111740020 entry
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