Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchidae Temporal range: Albian–55.8 | |
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Libanopristis hiram | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Clade: | Pristiorajea |
Order: | †Sclerorhynchiformes |
Suborder: | †Sclerorhynchoidei |
Family: | †Sclerorhynchidae Cappetta, 1974 |
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Sclerorhynchidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous and Paleogene belonging to the primitive Batoidea suborder Sclerorhynchiformes.
Sources
- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 8/21/09
Bibliography
- 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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