Macrourogaleus

Macrourogaleus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Macrourogaleus hassei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Synechodontiformes
Family: Palaeospinacidae
Genus: Macrourogaleus
Fowler, 1947

Macrourogaleus is a genus of palaeospinacid shark from the late Jurassic. It is probably related to Paraorthacodus due anatomical similarities seen in whole-body fossils of both genera.[1]

References

  1. Stefanie Klug (2008). "The Late Jurassic neoselachian Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii; Synechodontiformes)". Acta Geologica Polonica. 58: 229–234.
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