Anacoracidae

Anacoracidae Temporal range: Albian-Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Squalicorax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	†Anacoracidae Casier, 1947[1]
Genera
†Nanocorax †Ptychocorax †Scindocorax †Squalicorax
Synonyms
Squalicoracidae Patterson in Andrews, Gardiner, Miles, & Patterson, 1967[2] Ptychocoracidae Herman & Van Waes, 2012[3]

Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax.^[4] Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.^[5]