Chondrichthyes - 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 arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus burnhamensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus casieri, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: MNHN 1946-17-294, a skeleton. Its type locality is Haqel (MNHN collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Lebanon (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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