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Anacoracidae
Taxonomy
Anacoracidae was named by Casier (1947). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Galeiformes by Applegate (1970); to Notidanoidei by Herman (1977); to Euselachii by Case (1978); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Anacoracoidei by Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988); and to Lamniformes by Trbusek (1999), Forey et al. (2003), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Prámparo et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Galeiformes by Applegate (1970); to Notidanoidei by Herman (1977); to Euselachii by Case (1978); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Anacoracoidei by Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988); and to Lamniformes by Trbusek (1999), Forey et al. (2003), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Prámparo et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2004-10-08; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Anacoracidae Casier |
| 1970 | Anacoracidae Applegate p. 393 |
| 1977 | Anacoracidae Herman p. 17 |
| 1978 | Anacoracidae Case p. 186 |
| 1979 | Anacoracidae Case p. 79 |
| 1981 | Anacoracidae Thurmond and Jones p. 57 |
| 1988 | Anacoracidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1999 | Anacoracidae Trbusek |
| 2003 | Anacoracidae Forey et al. p. 227 |
| 2006 | Anacoracidae Underwood p. 235 |
| 2007 | Anacoracidae Cahuzac et al. p. 22 |
| 2010 | Anacoracidae Bogan and Agnolin |
| 2013 | Anacoracidae Prámparo et al. |
| 2016 | Anacoracidae Nelson et al. p. 64 |
| 2022 | Anacoracidae Ebersole et al. p. 381 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Anacoracidae Casier 1947
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G. †Galeocorax Cappetta 2012
G. †Nanocorax Cappetta 2012
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†Nanocorax crassus Cappetta and Case 1975
†Nanocorax microserratodon Shimada 2008
Invalid names: Microcorax Cappetta and Case 1975 [replaced]
G. †Paracorax Cappetta 1977
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†Paracorax jaekeli Woodward 1895
†Paracorax unilateralis Averianov 1997
G. †Ptychocorax Glikman and Istchenko 1980
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†Ptychocorax aulaticus Glikman and Istchenko 1980
†Ptychocorax dolloi Leriche 1911
†Ptychocorax hybodontoides Glikman and Istchenko 1980
Invalid names: Hermanodus Landemaine 1991 [objective synonym]
G. †Squalicorax Whitley 1939 [crow shark]
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†Squalicorax acutus Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax africanus Cappetta 1991
†Squalicorax arnaudi Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax baharijensis Stromer 1927
†Squalicorax bassanii Gemmellaro 1919
†Squalicorax bazzii Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta et al. 2014
†Squalicorax bernardezi Guinot et al. 2013
†Squalicorax coquandi Vullo et al. 2007
†Squalicorax curvatus Williston 1900
†Squalicorax dalinkeviciusi Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971
†Squalicorax deckeri Bice and Shimada 2016
†Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843
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†Palaeoanacorax obliquus subserratus Glikman 1980
Invalid names: Corax boreaui Coquand 1860 [synonym], Corax elongatus Coquand 1860 [synonym], Corax heterodon Reuss 1845 [synonym], Corax obliquus Reuss 1845 [synonym], Galeocerdo hartwellii Cope 1872 [synonym]
†Squalicorax incisus Egerton 1844
†Squalicorax intermedius Glickman 1971
†Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Corax maximus Dixon 1850 [synonym], Galeocerdo crassidens Cope 1872 [synonym], Galeocerdo dubius Noetling 1885 [synonym], Squalicorax lindstromi Davis 1890 [synonym]
†Squalicorax kugleri Leriche 1938
†Squalicorax laevis Giebel 1848
†Squalicorax lalunaensis Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
†Squalicorax microserratus Cappetta et al. 2014
†Squalicorax minor Giebel 1847
†Squalicorax mississippiensis Sokolov 1978
†Squalicorax moodyi Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
†Squalicorax mutabilis Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax parallelus Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax pawpawensis Siverson et al. 2007
†Squalicorax primaevus Dalinkevičius 1935
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Invalid names: Pseudocorax primulus Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squalicorax primigenius Landemaine 1991 [synonym]
†Squalicorax priscoserratus Siverson et al. 2007
†Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 [crow shark]
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Invalid names: Corax rothi Ameghino 1906 [synonym]
†Squalicorax sagisicus Glikman 1980
†Squalicorax trapezoidalis Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Invalid names: Anacorax White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [synonym], Corax Agassiz 1843 [replaced], Corax pristodontus plicatus Priem 1898 [synonym], Eoanacorax Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971 [synonym], Microanacorax Glikman 1980 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax Glickman 1971 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax volgensis Glickman 1971 [nomen dubium], Palaeocorax Glikman 1956 [synonym], Paraanacorax Glikman 1980 [synonym], Praeptychocorax Glikman 1980 [synonym], Priscusurus Kriwet 2006 [synonym], Sinkorax Whitley 1965 [synonym], Squalicorax adruptodontus Kriwet 2006 [nomen dubium], Squalicorax primulus Müller and Diedrich 1991 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 165.30000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (560 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian | Germany | Galeus pristodontus (58218) | |
| Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Squalicorax pristodontus (125224) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | India | Squalicorax sp. (239333) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Anacoracidae indet. (213574 213576 213577 213578) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | France (Marne) | Squalicorax primaevus (235560) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | France | Squalicorax primigenius (242284) | |
| Albian | Switzerland | Corax falcatus (2237) | |
| Albian | Australia (Western Australia) | Squalicorax primaevus (90688) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Squalicorax sp. (135815) | |
| Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Iran (Fars) | A. (280771) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Squalicorax kaupi (57915) Squalicorax pristodontus, Squalicorax kaupi (99138) | |
| Maastrichtian | Congo-Kinshasa | Corax pristodontus (242372 242373 242374 242375 242376) | |
| Maastrichtian | France | Squalicorax pristodontus (195628) | |
| Maastrichtian | Brazil (Paraíba) | Corax pristodontus (88070) | |
| Maastrichtian | Angola (Cabinda) | Corax pristodontus (242377 242378 242379) Squalicorax pristodontus (275584) | |
| Maastrichtian | Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) | Corax kugleri (221504) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | USA (New Jersey) | Squalicorax pristodontus (124938) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Squalicorax pristodontus (26819) | |
| Maastrichtian - Danian | USA (Missouri) | Squalicorax falcatus (278457) | |
| Maastrichtian - Danian | USA (Texas) | Squalicorax pristodontus (242209) | |