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Reginaselache

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Reginaselache
Temporal range: Viséan, 330 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Xenacanthida
Family: Diplodoselachidae
Genus: Reginaselache
Turner & Burrow, 2011
Type species
Reginaselache morrisi
Turner & Burrow, 2011

Reginaselache is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform known from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian age, mid-Viséan) of central Queensland, Australia. It was found in the middle the Ducabrook Formation, northwest of Springsure. It was first named by Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow in 2011 and the type species is Reginaselache morrisi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow (2011). "A Lower Carboniferous xenacanthiform shark from Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 241–257. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550359. S2CID 128696440.