Ozarcus

Ozarcus (named after the Ozark Mountain Range, where it was discovered) is an extinct genus of falcatid holocephalians from the Carboniferous period of Arkansas (Ozark Mountain Range). The type species, Ozarcus mapesae, was named in 2014 after its discoverer, Royal H. Mapes.[1] It was discovered in the Fayetteville Formation, known from a single warped skull.

Not to be confused with Ozark.

Ozarcus
Temporal range: Carboniferous, Serpukhovian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Symmoriida
Family: †Falcatidae
Genus: †Ozarcus
Pradel et al., 2014
Species:
†O. mapesae
Binomial name
†Ozarcus mapesae
Pradel et al., 2014


References
  1. Alan Pradel; John G. Maisey; Paul Tafforeau; Royal H. Mapes; Jon Mallatt (2014). "A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches". Nature. 509 (7502): 608–611. doi:10.1038/nature13195. PMID 24739974.
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