Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthias latidens, Centrophoroides latidens
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
Belongs to Squalus according to J. Herman 1977
See also Davis 1887 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus cinereus, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus serriculus, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Biforisodus, Acanthias geelongensis, Acanthias crepini, Acanthias depauwi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Japan (2), Lebanon (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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