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SQUALICORAX
(skwa-lih-cor-ax)
meaning: "Crow Shark"
Squalicorax
Named By: Henri Cappetta in 1987
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: North America. Europe. North Africa
Size: S. falcatus known to at least be 1.9 meters long. Estimates from larger tooth specimens indicates up to 5 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Mostly teeth, one articulated skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Lamniformes | Anacoracidae |
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Squalicorax is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period.

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