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Sclerorhynchidae
Taxonomy
Sclerorhynchidae was named by Capetta (1974).
It was assigned to Pristoidea by Keyes (1977); to Ganopristinidea by Case (1978), Case (1979) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Elasmobranchii by Pearson et al. (2002); to Rajiformes by Herman (1977), Uyeno and Hasegawa (1986), Peng et al. (2001) and Suárez and Cappetta (2004); to Sclerorhynchiformes by Pereira and Medeiros (2008); to Sclerorhynchoidei by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987), Kriwet et al. (2009) and Guinot et al. (2012); and to Pristiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Pristoidea by Keyes (1977); to Ganopristinidea by Case (1978), Case (1979) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Elasmobranchii by Pearson et al. (2002); to Rajiformes by Herman (1977), Uyeno and Hasegawa (1986), Peng et al. (2001) and Suárez and Cappetta (2004); to Sclerorhynchiformes by Pereira and Medeiros (2008); to Sclerorhynchoidei by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987), Kriwet et al. (2009) and Guinot et al. (2012); and to Pristiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Agaleorhynchus, Ankistrorhynchus, Baharipristis, Biropristis, Borodinopristis, Celtipristis, Ctenopristis, Dalpiazia, Ganopristis, Ischyrhiza, Libanopristis, Marckgrafia, Micropristis, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus (syn. Gigantichthys, Titanichthys), Plicatopristis, Pucapristis, Renpetia, Schizorhizinae, Sclerorhynchus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Sclerorhynchidae Capetta p. 225 |
| 1977 | Sclerorhynchidae Herman p. 286 |
| 1977 | Sclerorhynchidae Keyes p. 264 |
| 1978 | Sclerorhynchidae Case p. 195 |
| 1979 | Sclerorhynchidae Case p. 85 |
| 1980 | Sclerorhynchidae Cappetta p. 156 |
| 1986 | Sclerorhynchidae Uyeno and Hasegawa p. 68 |
| 1987 | Sclerorhynchidae Cappetta p. 146 |
| 1988 | Sclerorhynchidae Case and Schwimmer p. 295 |
| 2001 | Sclerorhynchidae Peng et al. p. 8 |
| 2002 | Sclerorhynchidae Pearson et al. p. 154 |
| 2004 | Sclerorhynchidae Suárez and Cappetta |
| 2008 | Sclerorhynchidae Pereira and Medeiros p. 209 |
| 2009 | Sclerorhynchidae Kriwet et al. p. 330 |
| 2012 | Sclerorhynchidae Guinot et al. p. 464 |
| 2016 | Sclerorhynchidae Nelson et al. p. 85 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Sclerorhynchidae Capetta 1974
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G. †Ankistrorhynchus Casier 1964
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†Ankistrorhynchus lonzeensis Casier 1964
†Ankystrorhynchus major Cappetta and Case 1975
G. †Borodinopristis Case 1987
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†Borodinopristis schwimmeri Case 1987
†Borodinopristis shannoni Case et al. 2012
G. †Dalpiazia Checchia-Rispoli 1933
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†Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli 1933
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Invalid names: Onchosaurus manzadinensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym], Onchosaurus maroccanus Arambourg 1935 [synonym]
G. †Ganopristis Arambourg 1935
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†Ganopristis hiram Hay 1903
†Ganopristis leptodon Arambourg 1935
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Invalid names: Sclerorhynchus batavicus Albers and Weiler 1964 [synonym]
†Ganopristis libanica Arambourg 1940
†Ganopristis senta Hay 1903
G. †Ischyrhiza Leidy 1856
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†Ischirhiza nigeriensis Tabaste 1963
†Ischyrhiza antiqua Leidy 1856
†Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964
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Invalid names: Ischyrhiza monasterica Case and Cappetta 1997 [synonym]
†Ischyrhiza chilensis Wetzel 1930
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Invalid names: Plesiosaurus andium Gervais 1859 [objective synonym]
†Ischyrhiza germaniae Weiler and Albers 1964
†Ischyrhiza hartenbergeri Cappetta 1975
†Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
†Ischyrhiza nigeriensis Tabaste 1963
†Ischyrhiza schneideri Slaughter and Steiner 1968
†Ischyrhiza serra Nessov 1997
†Ischyrhiza texana Cappetta and Case 1975
†Ischyrhiza viaudi Cappetta 1981
G. †Micropristis Cappetta 1980
G. †Onchopristis Stromer 1917
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†Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962
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†Onchopristis dunklei dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1971
Invalid names: Sechmetia cruciformis Werner 1989 [synonym]
†Onchopristis dunklei praecursor Thurmond 1971
†Onchopristis numidus Haug 1905
†Onchopristis pharao Dames 1887
G. †Onchosaurus Gervais 1852
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Subg. †Onchosaurus (Onchosaurus) Gervais 1852
†Onchosaurus pharao Dames 1887
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Invalid names: Ischyrhiza iwakiensis Uyeno and Hasegawa 1986 [synonym]
†Onchosaurus radicalis Gervais 1852
Invalid names: Gigantichthys Dames 1887 [synonym], Titanichthys Dames 1887 [synonym]
Subfm. †Schizorhizinae Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez 2002
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G. †Sclerorhynchus Woodward 1889
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†Sclerorhynchus atavus Woodward 1889
†Sclerorhynchus fanninensis Cappetta and Case 1999
†Sclerorhynchus priscus Cappetta and Case 1999
†Sclerorhynchus sentus Hay 1903
†Sclerorhynchus solomonis Hay 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Ypresian or 130.00000 to 47.80000 Ma
Collections (258 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Illizi) | Onchopristis numidus (25137) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Onchopristis numidus (25222) | |
| Cretaceous | India | Onchopristis indicus (91548) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Teruel) | Onchopristis sp., Celtipristis herreroi, Onchopristis dunklei (91420) | |
| Aptian | USA (Texas) | Onchopristis sp. (99154) | |
| Albian | Algeria | Marckgrafia sp. (187588) | |
| Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Onchopristis dunklei (116297) | |
| Albian | USA (Texas) | Onchopristis dunklei (99142 99152) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | Onchopristis dunklei (99146) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Sclerorhynchidae indet. (213329) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Ischyrhiza chilensis (230275) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Ischyrhiza avonicola (45128 213580 213582 213584 213587 213589) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Sclerorhynchus pettersi, Ischyrhiza mira, Ischyrhiza monasterica (61738) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Salta) | Pucapristis branisi (13210) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Ischyrhiza mira (26819) | |
| Puercan | USA (Montana) | Ischyrhiza avonicola (14766) | |
| Danian | Morocco | Ctenopristis nougareti (83311) | |
| Paleocene - Eocene | Mali | Onchopristis numidus (202362) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Ischyrhiza mira (3113) | |
| Ypresian | France (Île-de-France) | Onchosaurus sp. (68437) | |