Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613

Belongs to Sclerorhynchus according to M. E. Suárez and H. Cappetta 2004

See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1980 and Cappetta 1987

Sister taxa: Sclerorhynchus fanninensis, Sclerorhynchus priscus, Sclerorhynchus sentus, Sclerorhynchus solomonis

Type specimen: BMNH P.4776, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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