Euselachii - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. I: requins. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 168:69-148
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to H. Cappetta 1980
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: MNHN 1961-29-84, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MNHN collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (MNHN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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