Dallasiella is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains two valid species, D. willistoni and D. brachyodon, which have been found in North America and Europe.[1][2] While formerly placed in the families Cretoxyrhinidae and Archaeolamnidae, it is now considered Lamniformes incertae sedis.[2]

Dallasiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Genus: Dallasiella
Cappetta & Case, 1999[1]
Type species
Dallasiella willistoni
Cappetta & Case, 1999[1]
Species
  • Dallasiella brachyodon Siversson, Cederström, & Ryan, 2022[2]
  • Dallasiella willistoni Cappetta & Case, 1999[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cappetta, Henri; Case, Gerard R. (1999). "Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien)". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 9: 5–111.
  2. ^ a b c Siversson, M.; Cederström, P.; Ryan, H.E. (2022). "A new dallasiellid shark from the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Sweden". GFF. 144 (2): 118–125. Bibcode:2022GFF...144..118S. doi:10.1080/11035897.2022.2097737. S2CID 252685325.