Falcatidae Temporal range: 359–294 Ma |
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Falcatus specimen in Vienna | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Symmoriida |
Family: | Falcatidae |
Falcatidae is a family of paleozoic ratfish. Members of this Family include Falcatus, a small shark 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.