Macrourogaleus

Macrourogaleus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Macrourogaleus hassei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Synechodontiformes
Family: Palaeospinacidae
Genus: Macrourogaleus
Fowler, 1947
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Macrourogaleus is a genus of palaeospinacid shark from the late Jurassic. It is probably related to Paraorthacodus due anatomical similarities seen in whole-body fossils of both genera. [1]

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