Macrourogaleus

{{Short description|Genus of sharks}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Jurassic}} | image = Macrourogaleus hassei.JPG | image_caption = ''Macrourogaleus hassei'' | taxon = Macrourogaleus | authority = Fowler, 1947 }}

'''''Macrourogaleus''''' is a genus of shark from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone. It is closely related to ''Paraorthacodus,'' and placed in the same family Paraorthacodontidae,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Villalobos-Segura |first1=Eduardo |last2=Stumpf |first2=Sebastian |last3=Türtscher |first3=Julia |last4=Jambura |first4=Patrick |last5=Begat |first5=Arnaud |last6=López-Romero |first6=Faviel |last7=Fischer |first7=Jan |last8=Kriwet |first8=Jürgen |date=2023-03-08 |title=A Synoptic Review of the Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätten of Southern Germany: Taxonomy, Diversity, and Faunal Relationships |journal=Diversity |language=en |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=386 |doi=10.3390/d15030386 |doi-access=free |issn=1424-2818 |pmc=7614348 |pmid=36950327}}</ref> (though both genera were formerly placed in Palaeospinacidae<ref>{{cite journal |author=Stefanie Klug |year=2008 |title=The Late Jurassic neoselachian ''Macrourogaleus'' Fowler, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii; Synechodontiformes) |journal=Acta Geologica Polonica |volume=58 |pages=229–234 |url=https://www.academia.edu/306610 }}</ref>) The body is slender, with a single dorsal fin and a elongate caudal fin. The anal fin is also very elongate. The pectoral and pelvic fins are noticeably rounded.<ref name=":0" />

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Category:Jurassic sharks Category:Elasmobranchii Category:Prehistoric shark genera Category:Fossils of Germany Category:Monotypic prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera