Phorcynis

Phorcynis
Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Superorder: Squalomorphi
Series: Squatinida
Order: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: †
Thiollière 1854

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780598242501.

Further reading

  • D. S. Jordan. 1963. The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes. Stanford University Press 1-816


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