Complete fossil of Scapanorhynchus lewisii from Sahel Alma, Lebanon
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:
Selachimorpha
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
Mitsukurinidae
Genus:
†Scapanorhynchus Woodward, 1889
Type species
Scapanorhynchus lewisii
Davis, 1887
Species
Scapanorhynchus lewisii (Davis, 1887)
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Romer, 1849)
Scapanorhynchus rapax (Quaas, 1902)
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Agassiz, 1843)
Scapanorhynchus texanus, Menuha Formation (Upper Cretaceous), southern Israel.Near-complete fossil of S. lewisii, under special lighting
Scapanorhynchus (from Greek: σκάφιουscaphion, 'shovel' and Greek: ῥύγχοςrhynchos 'snout')[1] is an extinct genus of shark that lived from the early Cretaceous until possibly the Miocene if S. subulatus is a mitsukurinid and not a sand shark.[2][3] Their extreme similarities to the living goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, lead some experts[4][5] to consider reclassifying it as Scapanorhynchus owstoni. However, most shark specialists regard the goblin shark to be distinct enough from its prehistoric relatives to merit placement in its own genus.
Scapanorhynchus had an elongated, albeit flattened snout and sharp awl-shaped teeth ideal for seizing fish, or tearing chunks of flesh from its prey. Scapanorhynchus normally did not exceed total length 4.15 metres (13.6 ft), although largest teeth with height about 6 centimetres (0.20 ft) indicates upper total length of 6.7 metres (22 ft).[6]
^Lineaweaver, Thomas H. (1973). The natural history of sharks. Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Natural History Books. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-385-02539-3.
^Capetta, H., Chondrichthyes II, Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Elasmobranchii, vol. 3B of Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Stuttgart, New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1987.
^Glickman, L. S., and A. O. Averianov. "Evolution of the Cretaceous Lamnoid sharks of the genus Eostriatolamia." PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL C/C OF PALEONTOLOGICHESKII ZHURNAL 32 (1998): 376-384. [1]
^Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
^Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "List of Nominal Species of Mitsukurinidae (Goblin shark)". FishBase. Retrieved 2024-01-23. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^K., Shimada; J., Seigel (2005). "The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae)" (PDF). Journal of Fossil Research. 38 (1): 49–56.
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