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Altusmirus

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Altusmirus
Temporal range: Valanginian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Altusmirus
Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018
Species:
A. triquetrus
Binomial name
Altusmirus triquetrus
Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018

Altusmirus is an extinct genus of ground shark from the Early Cretaceous age of Austria. There is only one known species, A. triquetrus, named by Iris Fuchs in 2018. It was related to Fornicatus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Iris Fuchs; Andrea Engelbrecht; Alexander Lukeneder; Jürgen Kriwet (2018). "New Early Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from deep-water deposits of Austria". Cretaceous Research. 84: 245–257. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..245F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.013.