Falcatidae

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Falcatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Bonaparte, 1838
Order: Symmorida
Genus

Falcatus

[edit] Description

This family existed during the Carboniferous period. These were sharks resembling a dogfish with bizarre large spines emerging from the back above the pectoral girdle and bent over the head. These seem to have been part of the sexual mating display of the mature male sharks, because those with spines also had claspers. It contained one genus:

  • Falcatus

[edit] References

http://comenius.susqu.edu/biol/202/Animals/DEUTEROSTOMES/CRANIATA/CHONDRICHTHYES.htm

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