Scymnorhinus Bonaparte 1846 (shark)

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

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Type: Scymnus lichia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Temescal Canyon (Pliocene of California)

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