Mesiteia sahelalmae Pictet and Humbert 1866 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Alternative combination: Scyllium sahelalmae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115

Belongs to Mesiteia according to J. Herman 1977

See also Davis 1887, Pictet and Humbert 1866 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Mesiteia daimeriesi, Mesiteia emiliae, Mesiteia humboldtii

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Humbert collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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