Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Alternative combinations: Rhinognathus lewisii, Scapanorhynchus lewisi
Synonym: Scapanorhynchus elongatus Woodward 1889
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 Scapanorhynchus according to M. T. Antunes and H. Cappetta 2002
See also Cappetta 1980, Davis 1887, Herman 1977, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1942
Sister taxa: Scapanorhynchus armenicus, Scapanorhynchus darvasicus, Scapanorhynchus minimus, Scapanorhynchus patagonensis, Scapanorhynchus perssoni, Scapanorhynchus praeraphiodon, Scapanorhynchus puercoensis, Scapanorhynchus rapax, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon, Scapanorhynchus subulatus, Scapanorhynchus temiricus, Scapanorhynchus tenuis, Scapanorhynchus texanus, Scapanorhynchus trigeri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Lebanon (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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