Description
Original diagnosis after Klug, Coates, Frey, Greif, Jobbins, Pohle, Lagnaoui, Haouz & Ginter, 2023 [31684]: Cladoselachiid distinguished by neurocranium with broad flattened rostrum enclosing large, widely separated, nasal capsules. Rostral span, including the nasal capsules, matches span of the postorbital arcade. Postorbital arcade surrounds small jugular foramen. Ventral extremity of postorbital arcade extends anteriorly, contributing to orbit floor and almost meeting posterolateral extremity of rostral cartilage and postnasal wall. Otic process of palatoquadrate anteroposteriorly short, in lateral view terminating level with, or just caudal to, the posterior extremity of the occipital cartilage. Dentition with enlarged teeth on the mandibular symphysis. Scapulocoracoid with ventrally broad scapula process and sturdy coracoid region with slender, distinct, procoracoid cartilage. Anterior dorsal fin spine (if present): long, laterally flattened and smooth, curved posteriorly throughout length.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16439;
type species of Maghriboselache Klug, Coates, Frey, Greif, Jobbins, Pohle, Lagnaoui, Haouz & Ginter, 2023 [31684] by monotypy (Art. 68.3 ICZN);

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