Harriotta lehmani Werdelin 1986 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Rhinochimaeridae

Full reference: L. Werdelin. 1986. A new chimaeroid fish from the Cretaceous of Lebanon. Geobios 19:393-397

Belongs to Harriotta according to L. Werdelin 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN 1946-18-1162, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN), which is in a Santonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN)

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