Anacoracidae

Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax. Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.

Anacoracidae
Temporal range:
Squalicorax
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Anacoracidae
Casier, 1947
Genera
Synonyms
  • Squalicoracidae
    Patterson in Andrews, Gardiner, Miles, & Patterson, 1967
  • Ptychocoracidae
    Herman & Van Waes, 2012
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