Phorcynis

Phorcynis
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

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

  1. 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.
  2. Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press,. p. 29.


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