Palaeocarcharias
| Palaeocarcharias Temporal range: Middle-Late Jurassic
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| Specimens of P. stromeri from the Upper Jurassic of Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Superorder: | Galeomorphii |
| Order: | Lamniformes (?) |
| Genus: | †Palaeocarcharias Beaumont, 1960 |
| Species: | †P. stromeri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeocarcharias stromeri Beaumont, 1960
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Palaeocarcharias is an extinct genus of
mackerel sharks (Lamniformes), including the absence of orthodentine, and has been suggested to the earliest known member of the Lamniformes or a member of a sister group to the Lamniformes.[4][2] A 2018 study suggested that should be classified as the sole member of the order Palaeocarchariiformes,[4] but a subsequent 2023 study questioned this and favoured placement in Lamniformes.[1]
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