Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2022
See also Arambourg 1940, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 1991, Cicimurri 2003, Herman 1977, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Suárez and Cappetta 2004 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Agaleorhynchus, Ankistrorhynchus, Baharipristis, Biropristis, Borodinopristis, Celtipristis, Ctenopristis, Dalpiazia, Ganopristis, Ischyrhiza, Libanopristis, Marckgrafia, Micropristis, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus, Plicatopristis, Pucapristis, Renpetia, Schizorhizinae
Subtaxa: Sclerorhynchus atavus Sclerorhynchus fanninensis Sclerorhynchus priscus Sclerorhynchus sentus Sclerorhynchus solomonis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Israel (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (2), United States (10: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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