Fornicatus

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Fornicatus austriacus
Temporal range: Valanginian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Genus:
Fornicatus
Binomial name
Fornicatus austriacus
Fuchs et al., 2018

Fornicatus is an extinct genus of ground shark from the Early Cretaceous age of Austria. There is only one known species, F. austriacus, named by in 2018. It was related to Altusmirus.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Iris Fuchs; Andrea Engelbrecht; Alexander Lukeneder; Jürgen Kriwet (2018). "New Early Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from deep-water deposits of Austria". Cretaceous Research. 84: 245–257. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.013.
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