Phorcynis
| Phorcynis | |
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| Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes
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| Family: | incertae sedis
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| Genus: | Phorcynis Thiollière 1854
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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 978-3-931516-48-2.
- ^ Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780598242501.
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