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Carinacanthus jepseni

Time
205.7–227.3 million years ago
Period
Unknown
Known sites
2
Carinacanthus
William L. Bryant (1870-1947)Public domainFile:Carinacanthus.png

Summary

Carinacanthus is an extinct genus of small freshwater hybodont shark that inhabited eastern North America during the Triassic period. It contains a single species, C. jepseni from the Late Triassic (Norian)-aged Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania, USA. It was named after paleontologist Glenn Lowell Jepsen. Some authors consider it a late-surviving ctenacanthiform.

Source: Wikipedia - Carinacanthus

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