Anacoracidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of sharks}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|113.0|66.0|Albian-Maastrichtian}}

| image = Squalicorax2DB.jpg

| image_caption = Squalicorax

| taxon = Anacoracidae

| authority = Casier, 1947{{cite journal |last=Casier |first=E. |year=1947 |title=Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types |journal=Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique |volume=23 |issue=14 |pages=1–32 |url=https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum-1930-1948/23-1947/irscnb_p4087_012996p_23_bulletin-14.pdf}}

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• †Nanocorax
• †Ptychocorax
• †Scindocorax
• †Squalicorax

| synonyms =

• Squalicoracidae
  Patterson in Andrews, Gardiner, Miles, & Patterson, 1967{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=S.M. |last2=Gardiner |first2=B.G. |last3=Miles |first3=R.S. |last4=Patterson |first4=C. |date=1967 |editor-last1=Harland |editor-first1=W.B. |editor-last2=Holland |editor-first2=C.H. |editor-last3=House |editor-first3=M.R. |editor-last4=Hughes |editor-first4=N.F. |editor-last5=Reynolds |editor-first5=A.B. |editor-last6=Rudwick |editor-first6=M.J.S. |editor-last7=Satterthwaite |editor-first7=G.E. |editor-last8=Tarlo |editor-first8=L.B.H. |editor-last9=Willey |editor-first9=E.C. |title=The Fossil Record |location=London |publisher=Geological Society of London |pages=637–683 |chapter=Pisces |doi=10.1144/GSL.SP.1967.002.01.45 |citeseerx=10.1.1.885.1134 |s2cid=130130229 }}
• Ptychocoracidae
  Herman & Van Waes, 2012{{cite journal |last1=Herman |first1=J. |last2=Van Waes |first2=H. |date=2012 |title=Observations diverses et déductions concernant l'évolution et la systématique de quelques Euselachii, Neoselachii et Batoidei (Pisces – Elasmobranchii), actuels et fossiles. Données complémentaires |journal=Géominpal Belgica |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=1–12 |url=http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%202/Geominpal%20Belgica%202%20Supplement.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150217031642/http://geominpal.be/Geominpal%20Belgica%202/Geominpal%20Belgica%202%20Supplement.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-17 }}

}}

Anacoracidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It includes four valid genera: Nanocorax, Ptychocorax, Scindocorax, and Squalicorax.{{cite journal |last1=Cappetta |first1=H. |last2=Adnet |first2=S. |last3=Akkrim |first3=D. |last4=Amalik |first4=M. |year=2014 |title=New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco |journal=Palaeovertebrata |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=e3 |doi=10.18563/pv.38.2.e3 |doi-access= }} Two previously-included genera, Galeocorax and Pseudocorax, were reassigned to the family Pseudocoracidae.{{cite book |last=Cappetta |first=H. |date=2012 |title=Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. |location=Munich |publisher=Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |isbn=978-3-89937-148-2}}