Macrourogaleus
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Macrourogaleus Temporal range:
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Genus: | Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947
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Macrourogaleus is a genus of palaeospinacid shark from the late Jurassic. 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.