Maghriboselache

Maghriboselache; Temporal range:
	Life restoration of Maghriboselache in its environment of Late Devonian Morocco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	†Symmoriiformes
Family:	†Cladoselachidae
Genus:	†Maghriboselache; Christian et al, 2023
Type species
	Maghriboselache mohamezanei; Christian et al, 2023

Maghriboselache is a genus of cladoselachid fish from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of Morocco. This fish was discovered in the Anti-Atlas mountain range. It is unique from other cartilaginous fish due to its broad snout and nostril placement.[1]

References

Klug, Christian; Coates, Michael; Frey, Linda; Greif, Merle; Jobbins, Melina; Pohle, Alexander; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Haouz, Wahiba Bel; Ginter, Michal (March 2023). "Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 142 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00266-6. ISSN 1664-2376. PMC 10050047. PMID 37009301.

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[1] Klug, Christian; Coates, Michael; Frey, Linda; Greif, Merle; Jobbins, Melina; Pohle, Alexander; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Haouz, Wahiba Bel; Ginter, Michal (March 2023). "Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 142 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00266-6. ISSN 1664-2376. PMC 10050047. PMID 37009301.