Thrinacoselache | |
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An artist's illustration of Thrinacoselache gracia | |
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A fossil of Thrinacoselache gracia | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Family: | †Thrinacodontidae |
Genus: | †Thrinacoselache Grogan & Lund, 2008 |
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Thrinacoselache is an extinct genus of basal elasmobranch from the Serpukhovian-aged lagerstatte, Bear Gulch, of what is now Montana. Thrinacoselache could grow up to 1 meter long but was barely 2 cm tall. Its serpentine body and long thin jaws would've given it a pike and conger eel-like appearance rather than a shark's.