Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax.[4] Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.[5]
| Anacoracidae Temporal range:
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| Squalicorax | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Anacoracidae Casier, 1947[1] |
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References
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- ^ Casier, E. (1947). "Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types" (PDF). Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 23 (14): 1–32.
- ^ Andrews, S.M.; Gardiner, B.G.; Miles, R.S.; Patterson, C. (1967). "Pisces". In Harland, W.B.; Holland, C.H.; House, M.R.; Hughes, N.F.; Reynolds, A.B.; Rudwick, M.J.S.; Satterthwaite, G.E.; Tarlo, L.B.H.; Willey, E.C. (eds.). The Fossil Record. London: Geological Society of London. pp. 637–683. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.885.1134. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.45. S2CID 130130229.
- ^ Herman, J.; Van Waes, H. (2012). "Observations diverses et déductions concernant l'évolution et la systématique de quelques Euselachii, Neoselachii et Batoidei (Pisces – Elasmobranchii), actuels et fossiles. Données complémentaires" (PDF). Géominpal Belgica. 2 (2): 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2015.
- ^ Cappetta, H.; Adnet, S.; Akkrim, D.; Amalik, M. (2014). "New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco". Palaeovertebrata. 38 (2): e3. doi:10.18563/pv.38.2.e3.
- ^ Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.
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