Palaeotriakis curtirostris Davis 1887

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Alternative combinations: Scyllium curtirostre, Thyellina curtirostris

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 Palaeotriakis according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

See also Davis 1887 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxon: Palaeotriakis subserratus

Type specimen: BMNH P.4022, a skeleton

Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Tristram collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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