Plesioselachus

Plesioselachus; Temporal range:
	Interpretation according to Gess and Coates (2015)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Genus:	†Plesioselachus
Species:	†P. macracanthus
Binomial name
	†Plesioselachus macracanthus; Anderson et al. 1999

Plesioselachus is an extinct genus of Late Devonian (Famennian) cartilaginous fish with uncertain classification, which contains only one species, P. macracanthus from the Waterloo Farm lagerstätte in South Africa.^[1]^[2] Known from a single incomplete articulated skeleton and some isolated remains, it is characterized by having a long dorsal spine with length about one third of body length.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Anderson, M. Eric; Long, John A.; Gess, Robert W.; Hiller, Norton (1999). "An unusual new fossil shark (Pisces: Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian of South Africa". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 57: 151–156.
^ Gess, Robert W.; Coates, Michael I. (2015-06-01). "High-latitude Chondrichthyans from the Late Devonian (Famennian) Witpoort formation of South Africa". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 147–169. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0221-9. ISSN 1867-6812. S2CID 140726995.

[:0-1] Anderson, M. Eric; Long, John A.; Gess, Robert W.; Hiller, Norton (1999). "An unusual new fossil shark (Pisces: Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian of South Africa". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 57: 151–156.

[:1-2] Gess, Robert W.; Coates, Michael I. (2015-06-01). "High-latitude Chondrichthyans from the Late Devonian (Famennian) Witpoort formation of South Africa". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (2): 147–169. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0221-9. ISSN 1867-6812. S2CID 140726995.

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