Ozarcus (original) (raw)

Ozarcus (named after the Ozark Mountain Range, where it was discovered) is an extinct genus of falcatid holocephalians from the Carboniferous period of Arkansas (Ozark Mountain Range). The type species, Ozarcus mapesae, was named in 2014 after its discoverer, G. K. Mapes. It was discovered in the Fayetteville Formation, known from a single warped skull.