Reginaselache
Reginaselache Temporal range: Viséan,
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Reginaselache is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform shark known from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian age, mid-Viséan) of central Queensland, Australia. It was found in the middle the , northwest of Springsure. It was first named by Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow in 2011 and the type species is Reginaselache morrisi.[1]
References[]
- ^ Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow (2011). "A Lower Carboniferous xenacanthiform shark from Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 241–257. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550359. S2CID 128696440.
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- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Carboniferous sharks
- Prehistoric fish of Australia
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs