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Squalicorax falcatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Corax falcatus was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was recombined as Galeocerdo falcatus by Leidy (1873); it was recombined as Squalicorax falcatus by Applegate (1970), Herman (1975), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Forey et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Corax falcatus Agassiz p. 226 figs. Plate 26, Fig. 14
1873Galeocerdo falcatus Leidy p. 301
1889Corax falcatus Woodward p. 424
1896Corax falcatus Alessandri p. 722
1902Corax falcatus Hay p. 309
1970Squalicorax falcatus Applegate p. 393
1975Squalicorax falcatus Herman p. 105
1981Squalicorax falcatus Thurmond and Jones p. 57
2003Squalicorax falcatus Forey et al. p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAnacoracidaeCasier 1947
genusSqualicoraxWhitley 1939
speciesfalcatus()

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2017, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 113.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Corax falcatus (2237)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Squalicorax falcatus (124426)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Corax falcatus (81062)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Corax falcatus (127182)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Squalicorax falcatus (82045)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (South Dakota) Squalicorax falcatus (117819)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Squalicorax falcatus (22731 52997)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Squalicorax falcatus (94538 106008)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Squalicorax falcatus (35429)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente) Squalicorax falcatus (161748)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Squalicorax falcatus (179209)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Squalicorax falcatus (179267)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Squalicorax falcatus (102879)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Squalicorax falcatus (90516 90518)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Squalicorax falcatus (143534 143654)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Squalicorax falcatus (35365)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Santonian93.5 - 83.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Squalicorax falcatus (23369)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Squalicorax falcatus (94652)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Squalicorax falcatus (81928)
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Squalicorax falcatus (81972)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Squalicorax falcatus (61769)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Squalicorax falcatus (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Squalicorax falcatus (81931 81932 81934 82043 82044)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Corax falcatus (190550 190553 190554)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Manitoba) Squalicorax falcatus (36707 36710)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Delaware) Corax falcatus (127191)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Corax falcatus (151059)