Kaibabvenator
Temporal range: Permian,
Comparison of K. swiftae, Diablodontus, and Glikmanius
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Kaibabvenator

Hodnett, Elliot, Olson & Wittke, 2012[1]
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K. swiftae
Binomial name
Kaibabvenator swiftae

Kaibabvenator swiftae is a very large, extinct ctenacanthiform fish hat lived in marine environments in what is now Arizona, during the Middle Permian Period.[2] K. swiftae is known from large teeth up to 30 millimeters long found in the Kachina Microsite, of the lower Fossil Mountain Member, in the Kaibab Formation near Flagstaff, Arizona.[1] The specific name honors researcher Sandra Swift for her paleontological contributions to Northern Arizona University.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Elliott, David K.; Olson, Tom J.; Wittke, James H. (2012). "Ctenacanthiform sharks from the Permian Kaibab Formation, northern Arizona". Historical Biology. 24 (4): 381. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.683193. S2CID 85332499.
  2. "†Kaibabvenator Hodnett et al. 2012 (elasmobranch)". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.


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