Squalicorax africanus

Cappetta, 1991


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Anacoracidae

Reference of the original description
Cappetta, H. (1991)
Découverte de nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Neoselachii) dans les phosphates maastrichtiens de la Mer Rouge, Egypte. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 19, 17–56

Types
Squalicorax africanus



Description:


Citation: Squalicorax africanus Cappetta, 1991: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2024

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Squalicorax africanus Cappetta, 1991, Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Layer C6, Benguerir, Morocco © Jean-Francois LHOMME, www.vertebres-fossiles.com

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6622;
valid after Zalmout & Mustafa (2001) p. 395 [2634];


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