Ganopristis Arambourg 1935 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchidae according to J. C. Corral et al. 2016

See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Suárez and Cappetta 2004

Sister taxa: Agaleorhynchus, Ankistrorhynchus, Baharipristis, Biropristis, Borodinopristis, Celtipristis, Ctenopristis, Dalpiazia, Ischyrhiza, Libanopristis, Marckgrafia, Micropristis, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus, Plicatopristis, Pucapristis, Renpetia, Schizorhizinae, Sclerorhynchus

Subtaxa: Ganopristis hiram Ganopristis leptodon Ganopristis libanica Ganopristis senta

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Israel (5 collections), Morocco (5), Spain (3), Syria (2)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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