Libanopristis

Libanopristis; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (99.7-94.3 mya) PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Front of fossil specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Batoidea
Order:	Sclerorhynchiformes
Family:	Sclerorhynchidae
Genus:	Libanopristis; Capetta 1980

Libanopristis is an extinct genus of sclerorhynchid sawfish. The taxa is known from the marine strata of Late Cretaceous Lebanon (99.7 to 94.3 million years ago). It was 1.6 meters (5.2 ft) in length.^[1]

Bibliography

Lyle Squire Jr., Barbara E. Wueringer and Shaun P. Collin The biology of extinct and extant sawfish (Batoidea:Sclerorhynchidae and Pristidae) (2009)
H. Capetta. 1980. Les selaciens du Cretace superieur du Liban. II: Batoides. Palaeontolographica Abt. A 168(5-6):149-229
A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case

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