| Scindocorax Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Anacoracidae |
| Genus: | †Scindocorax Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011[1] |
| Species: | †S. novimexicanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Scindocorax novimexicanus Bourdon, Wright, Lucas, Spielmann, & Pence, 2011 | |
Scindocorax is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single valid species, S. novimexicanus, from the Point Lookout Sandstone of New Mexico.[1]
References
- 1 2 Bourdon, J.; Wright, K.; Lucas, S.G.; Spielmann, J.A.; Pence, R. (2011). "Selachians from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 52: 1–54.
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