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Squalicorax pristodontus (crow shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Galeus pristodontus was named by Agassiz (1835).

It was recombined as Corax pristodontus by Agassiz (1843), Woodward (1889), Hay (1902), Maury (1930) and Rapp (1946); it was recombined as Galeocerdo pristiodontus by Gibbes (1847); it was recombined as Anacorax pristodontus by Casier (1958); it was recombined as Squalicorax pristiodontus by Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Squalicorax pristodontus by Whitley (1939), Miller (1967), Applegate (1970), Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Case (1979), Siverson (1997), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Jagt et al. (2006), Shimada and Cicimurri (2006), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Corral et al. (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019) and Salama et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Galeus pristodontus Agassiz figs. Pl 26, figs 4-14
1839Galeus pristodontus Agassiz Duplicate figs. Pl 26, figs 4-14
1843Galeus pristodontus Agassiz figs. Pl P, fig 7
1843Corax pristodontus Agassiz p. 224
1847Galeocerdo pristiodontus Gibbes p. 192
1889Corax pristodontus Woodward p. 423
1902Corax pristodontus Hay p. 309
1930Corax pristodontus Maury p. 82
1939Squalicorax pristodontus Whitley
1946Corax pristodontus Rapp p. 510
1958Anacorax pristodontus Casier p. 55
1967Squalicorax pristodontus Miller p. 224
1970Squalicorax pristodontus Applegate p. 395
1975Squalicorax pristodontus Cappetta and Case p. 8 figs. Pl 7, figs 30-41
1977Squalicorax pristodontus Herman p. 110
1979Squalicorax pristodontus Case p. 79
1981Squalicorax pristiodontus Thurmond and Jones p. 57
1997Squalicorax pristodontus Siverson p. 461
1999Squalicorax pristodontus Cappetta and Corral p. 345 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2006Squalicorax pristodontus Jagt et al. p. 55 fig. 5A,B
2006Squalicorax pristodontus Shimada and Cicimurri p. 177 fig. 1
2010Squalicorax pristodontus Bogan and Agnolin
2016Squalicorax pristodontus Corral et al. p. 645 figs. 5A-I
2019Squalicorax pristodontus Hoganson et al. p. 28 figs. 8.15, 8.16
2021Squalicorax pristodontus Salama et al. p. 3058 figs. 3a,e, 4a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAnacoracidaeCasier 1947
genusSqualicoraxWhitley 1939
speciespristodontus()

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.

Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 [crow shark]
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (125224)
Albian - Maastrichtian113.0 - 66.0USA (Louisiana) Squalicorax pristodontus (161201)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Squalicorax pristodontus (200128)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Corax pristodontus (167994)
Senonian - Maastrichtian89.3 - 66.0Jordan Corax pristodontus (36256)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lithuania Corax pristodontus (90733)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Kansas) Squalicorax pristodontus (213529 213530)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) Corax pristodontus (38669)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Maryland) Corax pristodontus (127194)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Dakota) Squalicorax pristodontus (213531)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Squalicorax pristodontus (106277)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Squalicorax pristodontus (57918)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (213752)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Squalicorax pristodontus (26767)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (213754)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Squalicorax pristodontus (70454 70500)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Squalicorax pristodontus (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel Squalicorax pristodontus (35443 35444 214862 214863)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt Squalicorax pristodontus (223259)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Squalicorax pristodontus (207338)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Squalicorax pristodontus (61351)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Squalicorax pristodontus (207339)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Nile Valley) Squalicorax pristodontus (3590)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Squalicorax pristodontus (61352)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Kansas) Squalicorax pristodontus (25692)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Squalicorax pristodontus (180790)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Squalicorax pristodontus (5607)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Squalicorax pristodontus (79363)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Squalicorax pristodontus (82046)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Squalicorax pristodontus (126600 126810)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Jordan Squalicorax pristodontus (65224)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria Squalicorax pristodontus (117849 117850 117852 117853 117854 117855 117857 117862)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (14504 46617)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Delaware) Squalicorax pristodontus (126598)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Squalicorax pristodontus (144918)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Squalicorax pristodontus (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (26818 99138)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Corax pristodontus (88070)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Squalicorax pristodontus (116902 116903)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Israel Squalicorax pristodontus (214864 214865)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Squalicorax pristodontus (65222)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Delaware) Squalicorax pristodontus (126811)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Corax pristodontus (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748 213751 213753 213755)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bulgaria (Pleven) Squalicorax pristodontus (105085)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Squalicorax pristodontus (71488 83302)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Squalicorax pristodontus (231889)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Squalicorax pristodontus (99627 213665 213666)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Squalicorax pristodontus (213580)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Squalicorax pristodontus (212621)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Squalicorax pristodontus (170239)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (124937 127082)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Squalicorax pristodontus (176782 213729 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Squalicorax pristodontus (214311)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Squalicorax pristodontus (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Squalicorax pristodontus (116894)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Squalicorax pristodontus (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (26819)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Squalicorax pristodontus (124938)