Scaphirhynchus Heckel 1836 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 94896
Parent taxon: Scaphirhynchini according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1996
Sister taxa: Protoscaphirhynchus, Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Subtaxa: Scaphirhynchus platyorhynchus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore