Dracopristis is an extinct genus of ctenacanth (a group of shark-like elasmobranchs) that lived around 307 million years ago, during the Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period.[1] The fish had 12 rows of short, squat teeth, and an array of spines on its dorsal fins.[2] The main differentiation between ctenacanthiformes and true sharks is that ctenacanthiform mouths are larger but less flexible than the true sharks.[3] The spines of the holotype fossil are about 0.57 meters long, and the whole body was around 2 meters (6 ft) long.[4][1]
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^Hodnett, J-.P. M; Grogan, E. D.; Lund, R.; Lucas, S. G.; Suazo, T.; Elliott, D. K.; Pruitt, J. (2021). "Ctenacanthiform sharks from the late Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Tinajas Member of the Atrasado Formation, Central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 84: 391–424.
Dracopristis is an extinct genus of ctenacanth (a group of shark-like elasmobranchs) that lived around 307 million years ago, during the Pennsylvanian...
Carboniferous holocephalan, with a high degree of sexual dimorphism. Dracopristis was a Ctenacanthiform elasmobranch from the late Carboniferous of New...
their teeth and not phylogeny (including Cladoselache, Ctenacanthus, and Dracopristis). This fish is currently classified within the Elasmobranchii, more specially...
2010 Avonacanthus Maisey 2010 Bythiacanthus St. John and Worthen 1875 Dracopristis Hodnett et al. 2021 Glencartius Ginter and Skompski 2019 Glikmanius Ginter...
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