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an order of late Paleozoic freshwater sharks in the superorder Euselachii; formerly called Pleuracanthodii. Eel-like and as long as 13 feet, they are characterized by two-pronged teeth and a large serrated spine extending backward from the rear of the braincase. They appeared in the Carboniferous and flourished in the Permian, but only a few genera survived the Permian extinctions before disappearing in the Middle Triassic.
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Carlton, R.L. (2018). X. In: A Concise Dictionary of Paleontology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73055-4_24
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