Fish
Falcatus
Falcatus was a small shark-like fish with a distinctive forward-curving spine in known males.
Falcatus was a small shark-like fish with a distinctive forward-curving spine in known males. Its compact body and unusual ornament make it very different from a standard modern shark.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Falcatus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Carboniferous
- Group
- Falcatidae
- Falcatidae
Beyond the game
The real Falcatus
Falcatus was a small shark-like fish with a distinctive forward-curving spine in known males. Its compact body and unusual ornament make it very different from a standard modern shark.
The forward-curving spine is associated with known males. It forms part of a distinctive small chondrichthyan body rather than a conventional modern shark silhouette.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- The morphology of Falcatus falcatus, a Mississippian stethacanthid chondrichthyan
- Paleobiology Database: Falcatus falcatus (txn:151637)
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