Ozarcus
| Ozarcus Temporal range: Carboniferous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Falcatidae |
| Genus: | †Ozarcus Pradel et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †O. mapesae
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| †Ozarcus mapesae Pradel et al., 2014
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Ozarcus (named after the Ozark Mountain Range, where it was discovered) is an extinct genus of falcatid holocephalians from the Carboniferous period of Arkansas (Ozark Mountain Range). The type species, Ozarcus mapesae, was named in 2014 after its discoverer, G. K. Mapes.[1] It was discovered in the Fayetteville Formation, known from a single warped skull.
References
- ^ Alan Pradel; John G. Maisey; Paul Tafforeau; Royal H. Mapes; Jon Mallatt (2014). "A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches". Nature. 509 (7502): 608–611. doi:10.1038/nature13195. PMID 24739974.