Sclerorhynchidae

Sclerorhynchidae
Temporal range: Albian–55.8
Libanopristis hiram
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Superorder:Batoidea
Clade:Pristiorajea
Order:Sclerorhynchiformes
Suborder:Sclerorhynchoidei
Family:Sclerorhynchidae
Cappetta, 1974
Genera

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

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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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