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The blunt headed Anacoracids are commonplace fossils along coastal North America and across the Tethys, inhabiting the niches of generalized carnivores prone to scavenging. The genus Moroccorax serratodens, mostly in the form of teeth, is a common find at Faiyum and Eocene deposits in the Maghreb. Measuring roughly 4m long, it has been suggested to have resembled the Bull Sharks of Our World, being an inhabitant of shallow seas with a blunt snout and comparatively small eyes. Moroccorax was a long lived genus, first appearing in Early Eocene deposits of Morocco. Known only from distinctive, small and highly serrated teeth, this shark managed to persist virtually unchanged until the Middle Miocene; likely due to their generalistic hunter/scavenger lifestyle. Although widespread and successful, the extinction of this predator was likely a result of increased competition from other shark groups and cooling oceans. Like their modern relative Simocorax, M. serratodens would have relied on it's highly developed sense of smell to find both live prey and the carcasses of large marine reptiles. Once the target was located, the shark would have ripped into the deceased animal's flesh, tearing off large chunks of meat with it's steak knife-like teeth. These weapons, coupled with a wide mouth, would have also enabled Moroccorax to deal with live prey as well (mainly large fish, turtles, small marine reptiles and the occasional pterosaur).

Description
The blunt headed Anacoracids are commonplace fossils along coastal North America and across the Tethys, inhabiting the niches of generalized carnivores prone to scavenging. The genus Moroccorax serratodens, mostly in the form of teeth, is a common find at Faiyum and Eocene deposits in the Maghreb. Measuring roughly 4m long, it has been suggested to have resembled the Bull Sharks of Our World, being an inhabitant of shallow seas with a blunt snout and comparatively small eyes. Moroccorax was a long lived genus, first appearing in Early Eocene deposits of Morocco. Known only from distinctive, small and highly serrated teeth, this shark managed to persist virtually unchanged until the Middle Miocene; likely due to their generalistic hunter/scavenger lifestyle. Although widespread and successful, the extinction of this predator was likely a result of increased competition from other shark groups and cooling oceans. Like their modern relative Simocorax, M. serratodens would have relied on it's highly developed sense of smell to find both live prey and the carcasses of large marine reptiles. Once the target was located, the shark would have ripped into the deceased animal's flesh, tearing off large chunks of meat with it's steak knife-like teeth. These weapons, coupled with a wide mouth, would have also enabled Moroccorax to deal with live prey as well (mainly large fish, turtles, small marine reptiles and the occasional pterosaur).