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Reginaselache

Reginaselache is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform cartilaginous fish known from the Early Carboniferous of central Queensland, Australia. It was found in the middle the Ducabrook Formation, northwest of Springsure. It was first named by Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow in 2011 and the type species is Reginaselache morrisi. It might have eaten palaeoniscoids and other fish and/or invertebrates.

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Jun 25, 2026
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Reginaselache
Temporal range: Viséan,
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Xenacanthiformes
Family: Diplodoselachidae
Genus: Reginaselache
Turner & Burrow, 2011
Type species
Reginaselache morrisi
Turner & Burrow, 2011

Reginaselache is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform cartilaginous fish known from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian age, mid-Viséan) of central Queensland, Australia. It was found in the middle the Ducabrook Formation, northwest of Springsure. It was first named by Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow in 2011 and the type species is Reginaselache morrisi. It might have eaten palaeoniscoids and other fish and/or invertebrates.1

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References

  1. Susan Turner and Carole J. Burrow (2011). "A Lower Carboniferous xenacanthiform shark from Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 241–257. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550359. S2CID 128696440.