Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Marckgrafia nigeriensis
Full reference: N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485
Belongs to Ischirhiza according to H. Cappetta 1972
See also Tabaste 1963
Sister taxa: Ischyrhiza antiqua, Ischyrhiza avonicola, Ischyrhiza chilensis, Ischyrhiza germaniae, Ischyrhiza hartenbergeri, Ischyrhiza mira, Ischyrhiza nigeriensis, Ischyrhiza schneideri, Ischyrhiza serra, Ischyrhiza texana, Ischyrhiza viaudi
Type specimen: Its type locality is In-Dama, Mont Igdaman (bed 8), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Dukamaje Formation of Niger
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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