Biology:Phorcynis

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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks


Phorcynis
Phorcynis catulina.jpg
Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Phorcynis

Thiollière 1854

Phorcynis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The scales of Phorcynis have elongated crowns with a narrow median keel and short lateral folds[1] and the teeth are asymmetrical, similar to those of Orectolobus.[2]

References

  1. Gloria Arratia Fuentes, Hans-Peter Schultze (1999). Mesozoic fishes 2: systematics and fossil record : proceedings of the international meeting. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-931516-48-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-jUUAQAAIAAJ&q=keel. 
  2. Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 29. ISBN 9780598242501. https://books.google.com/books?id=2XAWAQAAIAAJ&q=Phorcynis+teeth. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7187380 entry