Altusmirus

<i>Altusmirus</i>

Altusmirus

Extinct genus of sharks

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]

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References

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    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. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..245F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.013.


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