Scyliorhinus bloti Cappetta 1980 (cat shark)

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 arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, 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 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: found only at Haqel (MNHN collection)

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