Sclerorhynchoidei

Sclerorhynchoidei; Temporal range: Cretaceous - Paleogene, 130-55 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	†Sclerorhynchiformes
Suborder:	†Sclerorhynchoidei; Cappetta, 1980
Families
	†Sclerorhynchidae ; †Ptychotrygonidae

Sclerorhynchoidei is an extinct suborder of sclerorhynchiform rays with saw-like rostrums. They include the orders Sclerorhynchidae and Ptychotrygonidae.^[1] They were a rather long-lived group, living from the Cretaceous to the early Eocene, until they became extinct for unknown reasons and were replaced by their close relatives the pristiformes.

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