Rhinognathus Davis 1887 (goblin shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Parent taxon: Mitsukurinidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Anomotodon, Mitsukurina, Scapanorhynchus, Striatolamia, Woellsteinia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhinognathus in the database

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