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Falcatidae

Falcatidae
Temporal range: 359–294 Ma
Falcatus Vienna.jpg
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.


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