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Dracopristis
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dracopristis is an extinct genus of ctenacanth (a group of shark-like elasmobranchs) that lived around 307 million years ago, during the Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period.[1] The fish had 12 rows of short, squat teeth, and an array of spines on its dorsal fins.[2] The main differentiation between ctenacanthiformes and true sharks is that ctenacanthiform mouths are larger but less flexible than the true sharks.[3] The spines of the holotype fossil are about 0.57 meters long, and the whole body was around 2 meters (6 ft) long.[4][1]
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Dracopristis | |
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An illustration of D. hoffmanorum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
Genus: | †Dracopristis Hodnett, 2021 |
Species: | †D. hoffmanorum |
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†Dracopristis hoffmanorum Hodnett, 2021 | |
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