Reginaselache is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform 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.[1]
| Reginaselache Temporal range: Viséan,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Xenacanthida |
| Family: | †Diplodoselachidae |
| Genus: | †Reginaselache Turner & Burrow, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Reginaselache morrisi Turner & Burrow, 2011
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References
edit- ^ 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.
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