Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Full reference: V. I. Zhelezko. 1988. Selakhiazony Santona i nizhnego Kampana yuzhnogo Urala y Mugodzhar. Biostratigrapfiya i Litologiya Verkhnego Paleozoya Urala 117-130
Belongs to Scapanorhynchus according to V. I. Zhelezko 1988
Sister taxa: Scapanorhynchus armenicus, Scapanorhynchus darvasicus, Scapanorhynchus lewisii, Scapanorhynchus minimus, Scapanorhynchus patagonensis, Scapanorhynchus perssoni, Scapanorhynchus praeraphiodon, Scapanorhynchus puercoensis, Scapanorhynchus rapax, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon, Scapanorhynchus subulatus, Scapanorhynchus tenuis, Scapanorhynchus texanus, Scapanorhynchus trigeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kubley river, outcrop 65, bed 2 (upper, sample 65/j), which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Koldenen-Temir Formation of Kazakhstan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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