Falcatidae
Sign in to saveFalcatidae is a family of Paleozoic cartilaginous fish belonging to the order Symmoriiformes. Members of this family include Falcatus, a small fish from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. The family first appeared around the start of the Carboniferous, and there is some evidence that they survived well into the early Cretaceous, though its putative Cretaceous members were also argued to be more likely neoselachians.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Falcatidae is referenced by 137 other articles, and connects out to Elasmobranchs, Xenacanthiformes and Acanthodiformes.
Vinony files it under Carboniferous cartilaginous fish, Carboniferous fish of North America and Prehistoric cartilaginous fish families.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Symmoriida
- Image
- Falcatus Vienna.jpg
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- taxon name
- Falcatidae
- taxon rank
- family
- start time
- 335000000-
- end time
- 318000000-
- Commons category
- Symmoriiformes
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Falcatidae is a family of Paleozoic cartilaginous fish belonging to the order Symmoriiformes. Members of this family include Falcatus, a small fish from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. The family first appeared around the start of the Carboniferous, and there is some evidence that they survived well into the early Cretaceous, though its putative Cretaceous members were also argued to be more likely neoselachians.
==Genera== Denaea Falcatus Ozarcus? Stethacanthulus Cosmoselachus Cretacladoides? – possible Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) member of the family
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