Biology:Harranahynchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | †Schizorhizidae |
| Genus: | †Harranahynchus Kaddumi, 2009[1] |
| Species: | †H. minutadens
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| Binomial name | |
| †Harranahynchus minutadens Kaddumi, 2009
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Harranahynchus is an extinct genus of schizorhizid sclerorhynchoid that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, Harranahynchus minutadens. It is known from relatively complete cranial and body fossils found in the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan. Its rostral denticles are extremely small and are arranged in batteries like its close relative Schizorhiza. It has an estimated length of around 2 m (6.6 ft).[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Kaddumi, H.F. (2009). "A new genus and species of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) from the late Maastrichtian sediments of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 178-187.
Wikidata ☰ Q17079284 entry
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