Squalicorax
| Squalicorax Temporal range: Albian-Maastrichtian, | |
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| Squalicorax pristodontus tooth from the late Maastrichtian of Khouribga, Morocco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Anacoracidae |
| Genus: | †Squalicorax Whitley, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| †Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz, 1835 | |
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Squalicorax, commonly known as the crow shark, is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. The genus had a global distribution in the Late Cretaceous epoch. Multiple species within this genus are considered to be wastebasket taxon due to morphological similarities in the teeth.