Biology:Mcmurdodus

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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks

Mcmurdodus
Temporal range: Emsian–Eifelian
Mcmurdodus featherensis restoration.png
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Family: Mcmurdodontidae
White, 1968
Genus: Mcmurdodus
White, 1968

Mcmurdodus is an extinct genus of sharks and the sole member of the family Mcmurdodontidae, in the order Hexanchiformes. It contains two extinct species.[1]

Species

  • Mcmurdodus featherensis White, 1968
  • Mcmurdodus whitei Turner, & Young, 1987

References

  1. Ginter, M. & Hampe, O. & Duffin, C.J. (2010) Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.

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