Paracorax Cappetta 1977 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1977. Observations sur quelques sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur d'Angleterre avec la description d'un genre nouveau. Geobios 10:479-485

Parent taxon: Anacoracidae according to H. Cappetta 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Galeocorax, Microcorax, Nanocorax, Scindocorax, Squalicorax

Subtaxa: Paracorax jaekeli

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Type: Galeocerdo jaekeli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paracorax in the database

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