Phorcynis

Phorcynis
	Phorcynis catulina in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Phorcynis; Thiollière 1854

Phorcynis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The scales of Phorcynis have elongated crowns with a narrow median keel and short lateral folds[1] and the teeth are asymmetrical, similar to those of Orectolobus.[2]

References

Gloria Arratia Fuentes, Hans-Peter Schultze (1999). Mesozoic fishes 2: systematics and fossil record : proceedings of the international meeting. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-931516-48-2.
Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780598242501.

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[1] Gloria Arratia Fuentes, Hans-Peter Schultze (1999). Mesozoic fishes 2: systematics and fossil record : proceedings of the international meeting. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-931516-48-2.

[2] Perry W. Gilbert (1967). Sharks, skates, and rays. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780598242501.