Ozarcus
Ozarcus is an extinct genus of symmoriiform from the Carboniferous period of Arkansas. The type species, Ozarcus mapesae, was named in 2014 based on cartilaginous skulls from the Serpukhovian-age Fayetteville Formation. The genus is named after the Ozark Mountains (the region of discovery) while the species was named after its discoverer, G. K. Mapes.
| Ozarcus Temporal range: Carboniferous, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Falcatidae |
| Genus: | †Ozarcus Pradel et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †O. mapesae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ozarcus mapesae Pradel et al., 2014 | |
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