Leptostyrax

Leptostyrax is an extinct genus of sharks that lived during the Cenomanian epoch of the Cretaceous period. It is believed to be related to sand tiger sharks and can grow up to 30 feet (9 meters).[1]

Leptostyrax
Temporal range: 112.6–89.3 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Eoptolamnidae
Genus: †Leptostyrax
Williston 1900
Species
  • Leptostyrax bicuspidatus Williston, 1900
  • L. macrorhiza Russel, 1988
  • L. stychi Schmitz et al, 2010

See also

References
  1. Cappetta H. 1987. Chondrichthyes II. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii. Schultze H.-P. (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 3B. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 193 p.
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