Scymnorhinus Bonaparte 1846 (shark)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Scymnorhinidae
Parent taxon: Scymnorhinidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Hay 1902, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Jordan and Gilbert 1919 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Borborodes, Cirrhigaleus, Euprotomicrus, Leius
Subtaxa: Scymnorhinus lichia Scymnorhinus occidentalis
Type: Scymnus lichia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Temescal Canyon (Pliocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.