Sclerorhynchidae

Sclerorhynchidae Temporal range: Albian–55.8 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Libanopristis hiram
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Batoidea
Clade:	Pristiorajea
Order:	†Sclerorhynchiformes
Suborder:	†Sclerorhynchoidei
Family:	†Sclerorhynchidae Cappetta, 1974
Genera
†Ankistrorhynchus †Baharipristis †Biropristis †Borodinopristis †Celtipristis †Ctenopristis †Ganopristis †Ischyrhiza †Kiestus †Libanopristis †Marckgrafia †Micropristis †Onchopristis †Onchosaurus †Plicatopristis †Pucapristis †Renpetia †Schizorhiza †Sclerorhynchus

Sclerorhynchidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous and Paleogene belonging to the primitive Batoidea suborder Sclerorhynchiformes.

Sources

H. Cappetta. 1974. Sclerorhynchidae nov. fam. Pristidae et Pristiophoridae: un exemple de parallelisme chez Selaciens. Comptes rendus de Academie de Sciences Paris Serie D 278:225-228
H. Cappetta. 1980. Les selaciens du Cretace superieur du Liban. II: Batoides. Palaeontolographica Abt. A 168(5-6):149-229
J. Kriwet, E. V. Nunn, and S. Klug. 2009. Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155(2):316-347

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