Phorcynis
Phorcynis | |
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Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Orectolobiformes |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Phorcynis Thiollière 1854 |
Phorcynis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. the scales of Phorcynis have elongated crowns with a narrow median keel and short lateral folds[1] and the teeth are asymmetrical, similar to those of Orectolobus.[2]
References
- ↑ Gloria Arratia Fuentes, Hans-Peter Schultze (1999). Mesozoic fishes 2: systematics and fossil record : proceedings of the international meeting. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. p. 34. ISBN 3-931516-48-2.
- ↑ Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press,. p. 29.
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