Macrourogaleus
Appearance
Macrourogaleus Temporal range:
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Macrourogaleus hassei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Family: | †Paraorthacodontidae |
Genus: | †Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947 |
Macrourogaleus is a genus of palaeospinacid shark from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone. It is probably related to Paraorthacodus due anatomical similarities seen in whole-body fossils of both genera.[1]
References
- ^ Stefanie Klug (2008). "The Late Jurassic neoselachian Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii; Synechodontiformes)". Acta Geologica Polonica. 58: 229–234.
External links
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