Orthacodontidae

Orthacodontidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Selandian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Orthacodontidae
Glikman, 1957
Genera
  • Occitanodus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
  • Orthacodus Woodward, 1889
  • Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843

Orthacodontidae is an extinct family of sharks. It contains twelve species within three genera. Orthacodontidae, in the order Hexanchiformes.[1]

Species

References

  1. Rees, J. (2010) Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian-Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland. Palaeontology, 53 (4): 887-902
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