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the species with the largest teeth, these teeth being loosely spaced and relatively very large in comparison with other species. In this genus of sharks, studies have shown no precise correlation between the size of the teeth and the length of the body. They could eat relatively large prey and carrion.
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America, New Zealand, Japan, Africa, Europe, Kazakhstan, Jordan. and other places. It was slightly larger than the preceding species, of which it was probably an ancestor.
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Smart, P.J. (2007). "Anacoracid shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Vertebrata) from the early
Cretaceous Albian sediments of Leighton Buzzard, south-central England".
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Schwimmer, David R.; Stewart, J. D.; Williams, G. Dent (1997). "Scavenging by Sharks of the Genus
Squalicorax in the Late Cretaceous of North America".
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1041:Squalicorax
1022:from Kansas
1020:S. falcatus
997:Squalicorax
960:hadrosaurid
952:Squalicorax
946:, but also
940:Squalicorax
927:Pseudocorax
922:lamniformes
900:Squalicorax
877:Description
856:Squalicorax
816:Squalicorax
636:S. coquandi
597:S. papulovi
454:S. bassanii
441:S. curvatus
432:Davis, 1890
404:Reuss, 1845
400:S. obliquus
391:Reuss, 1845
346:S. falcatus
257:Squalicorax
230:Lamniformes
36:Squalicorax
1579:Categories
1382:2017-08-01
1142:References
1068:Cretaceous
1056:Cenomanian
1008:Claosaurus
980:Pteranodon
956:metatarsal
933:Galeocorax
919:Cretaceous
832:Cretaceous
821:crow shark
798:Siversson
781:Siversson
764:Siversson
721:S. deckeri
657:Siversson
493:S. kugleri
206:Subclass:
1274:808490829
1064:Campanian
1060:Santonian
1058:to early
971:mosasaurs
948:scavenged
854:The name
850:Etymology
825:lamniform
777:S. bazzii
760:S. acutus
747:S. moodyi
708:Cappetta
691:Cappetta
176:Kingdom:
170:Eukaryota
142:Khouribga
1462:Wikidata
1377:CBC News
1124:Turonian
963:dinosaur
944:predator
869:κόραξ, "
374:S. kaupi
236:Family:
190:Chordata
186:Phylum:
180:Animalia
166:Domain:
1549:4139192
1536:1205778
1510:4824553
1497:4534792
1468:Q134511
1394:Sources
1317:3515295
1297:Bibcode
1289:PALAIOS
1122:to the
967:turtles
863:squalus
842:due to
674:Guinot
295:Species
286:Agassiz
249:Genus:
226:Order:
196:Class:
146:Morocco
1523:707747
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1262:
1171:
1120:Albian
1116:et al.
1077:fossil
999:and a
802:, 2019
800:et al.
785:, 2019
783:et al.
768:, 2019
766:et al.
712:, 2014
710:et al.
695:, 2014
693:et al.
678:, 2013
676:et al.
661:, 2007
659:et al.
644:, 2007
642:et al.
640:Vullo
288:, 1835
42:Albian
1562:34633
1531:IRMNG
1313:JSTOR
915:teeth
871:korax
867:Greek
860:Latin
828:shark
1505:GBIF
1270:OCLC
1260:ISBN
1169:ISBN
995:Two
930:and
322:type
59:PreꞒ
1492:EoL
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