Squaloraja

Squaloraja
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
S. polyspondyla fossil
Life reconstruction of a male and female S. polyspondyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Suborder: †Squalorajoidei
Family: †Squalorajidae
Woodward, 1886
Genus: †Squaloraja
Riley, 1833
Species:
†S. polyspondyla
Binomial name
†Squaloraja polyspondyla
(Agassiz, 1836)
Synonyms
  • †Squalo-raia dolichognathos Riley, 1833
  • †Spinacorhinus polyspondylus Agassiz, 1836
  • †Squaloraja tenuispina Woodward, 1886

Squaloraja (Latin for "shark-skate") is an extinct genus of ray-like marine chimaeriform fish from the Early Jurassic of Europe.

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