Falcatidae
Extinct family of cartilaginous fishes
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Falcatidae is a family of Paleozoic cartilaginous fish belonging to the order Symmoriiformes.[1] Members of this family include Falcatus, a small fish from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana.[2] The family first appeared around the start of the Carboniferous, and there is some evidence that they survived well into the early Cretaceous,[3] though its putative Cretaceous members were also argued to be more likely neoselachians.[4]
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| Falcatus specimen in Vienna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Falcatidae |
Genera
- Denaea [5]
- Falcatus[2]
- Ozarcus?[6]
- Stethacanthulus [5]
- Cosmoselachus
- Cretacladoides? – possible Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) member of the family[7]
