Pseudocorax kindlimanni Jambura et al. 2021 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae

Full reference: P. L. Jambura, S. Stumpf, and J. Kriwet. 2021. Skeletal remains of the oldest known pseudocoracid shark Pseudocorax kindlimanni sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon. Cretaceous Research 125(104842)

Belongs to Pseudocorax according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Pseudocorax affinis, Pseudocorax duchaussoisi, Pseudocorax granti, Pseudocorax laevis

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I 5037, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hakel (PIMUZ collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hakel (PIMUZ collection)

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