Biology:Harranahynchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Harranahynchus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Schizorhizidae
Genus: Harranahynchus
Kaddumi, 2009[1]
Species:
H. minutadens
Binomial name
Harranahynchus minutadens
Kaddumi, 2009

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

  1. 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