Altusmirus

Altusmirus is an extinct genus of ground shark from the Early Cretaceous age of Austria. There is only one known species, A. triquetrus, named by Iris Fuchs in 2018. It was related to Fornicatus.[1]

Altusmirus
Temporal range: Valanginian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Carcharhiniformes
Genus:
† Altusmirus

Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018
Species:
† A. triquetrus
Binomial name
Altusmirus triquetrus
Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018

References
  1. Iris Fuchs; Andrea Engelbrecht; Alexander Lukeneder; Jürgen Kriwet (2018). "New Early Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from deep-water deposits of Austria". Cretaceous Research. 84: 245–257. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.013.
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