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Orthacodontidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Paleocene

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The head of a Sphenodus nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Family: †Orthacodontidae
Glikman, 1957
Genera

Orthacodontidae is an extinct familyofsharks. It is disputed as to whether it belongs to the modern shark order Hexanchiformes,[1] or the extinct order Synechodontiformes.[2] It contains two genera. Some other authors included it in Lamniformes.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sphenodus longidens | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  • ^ Villalobos-Segura, Eduardo; Stumpf, Sebastian; Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Begat, Arnaud; López-Romero, Faviel A.; Fischer, Jan; Kriwet, Jürgen (March 2023). "A Synoptic Review of the Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätten of Southern Germany: Taxonomy, Diversity, and Faunal Relationships". Diversity. 15 (3): 386. doi:10.3390/d15030386. ISSN 1424-2818. PMC 7614348.
  • ^ Rees, JAN (2010). "Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian-Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 887–902. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..887R. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00967.x.


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