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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) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); and to Lamniformes by Trbusek (1999), Forey et al. (2003), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Nelson et al. (2016) and 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) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); and to Lamniformes by Trbusek (1999), Forey et al. (2003), Underwood (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
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 |
| 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. †Squalicorax Whitley 1939 [crow shark]
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†Squalicorax acutus Siversson and Cook 2018
†Squalicorax arnaudi Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax baharijensis Stromer 1927
†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 crassidens Cope 1872
Squalicorax curvatus Williston 1900
†Squalicorax dalinkevichiusi Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971
†Squalicorax deckeri Bice and Shimada 2016
†Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843
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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 intermedius Glickman 1971
†Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Corax bassanii Gemmellaro 1919 [synonym], Squalicorax lindstromi Davis 1890 [synonym]
†Squalicorax lalunaensis Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
†Squalicorax microserratus Cappetta et al. 2014
†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
†Squalicorax primigenius Landemaine 1991
†Squalicorax priscoserratus Siverson et al. 2007
†Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 [crow shark]
†Squalicorax trapezoidalis Coquand 1859
†Squalicorax yangaensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Invalid names: Anacorax White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [objective synonym], Eoanacorax Glikman and Shvazhaite 1971 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax Glickman 1971 [synonym], Palaeoanacorax volgensis Glickman 1971 [nomen dubium], Priscusurus Kriwet 2006 [synonym], Priscusurus 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cretaceous to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 145.00000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma
Collections (320 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Squalicorax pristodontus (125224) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Anacoracidae indet. (213574 213576 213577 213578) | |
| Albian | Australia (Western Australia) | Squalicorax primaevus (90688) | |
| Albian | Switzerland | Corax falcatus (2237) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Squalicorax sp. (135815) | |
| Albian - Maastrichtian | USA (Louisiana) | Squalicorax pristodontus (161201) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Poland | Squalicorax sp. (213375) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Squalicorax sp. (52126) Squalicorax volgensis (213307) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Corax falcatus, Oxyrhina primaeva (213710) Oxyrhina primaeva (213709) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Ukraine | Squalicorax sp. (214236) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Australia (Western Australia) | Squalicorax sp. (215557) Squalicorax sp. A, Squalicorax sp. B (215556) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Kazakhstan | Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Squalicorax baharijensis (175010) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Arkansas) | Squalicorax falcatus (223862) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | Squalicorax falcatus (210063) | |
| Cenomanian | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Squalicorax sp. 2, Nanocorax sp., Squalicorax lalunaensis (213629) | |
| Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Corax falcatus (81062) | |
| Cenomanian | Australia (Western Australia) | Squalicorax curvatus, Squalicorax volgensis (215794) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Corax pristodontus (167994) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Argentina (Mendoza) | Squalicorax pristodontus (200128) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Maryland) | Corax pristiodontus, Corax falcatus (127182) | |