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Scapanorhynchus puercoensis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae

Taxonomy
Scapanorhynchus puercoensis was named by Bourdon et al. (2011). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-60918, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH L-297, Rio Puerco, which is in a Santonian/Santonian paralic sandstone in the Point Lookout Formation of New Mexico.