Macrourogaleus Explained

Macrourogaleus is a genus of shark from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone. It is closely related to Paraorthacodus, and placed in the same family Paraorthacodontidae,[1] (though both genera were formerly placed in Palaeospinacidae[2]) The body is slender, with a single dorsal fin and a elongate caudal fin. The anal fin is also very elongate. The pectoral and pelvic fins are noticeably rounded.

Notes and References

  1. Villalobos-Segura . Eduardo . Stumpf . Sebastian . Türtscher . Julia . Jambura . Patrick . Begat . Arnaud . López-Romero . Faviel . Fischer . Jan . Kriwet . Jürgen . 2023-03-08 . A Synoptic Review of the Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätten of Southern Germany: Taxonomy, Diversity, and Faunal Relationships . Diversity . en . 15 . 3 . 386 . 10.3390/d15030386 . free . 1424-2818 . 7614348 . 36950327.
  2. Stefanie Klug . 2008 . The Late Jurassic neoselachian Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii; Synechodontiformes) . Acta Geologica Polonica . 58 . 229–234 .

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