Biology:Libanopristis

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Libanopristis
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Libanopristis hiram - Milano - Museo storia naturale 22-Apr-2007.jpg
L. hiram fossil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Ganopristidae
Genus: Libanopristis
Cappetta, 1980[2]
Species:
L. hiram
Binomial name
Libanopristis hiram
(Hay, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sclerorhynchus hiram
    Hay, 1903
  • Rhinobatus eretes
    Hay, 1903

Libanopristis is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived in Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous.

References

  1. Hay, O.P. (1903). "On a collection of Upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19 (10): 395-452. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1500. 
  2. Cappetta, H. (1980). "Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes.". Palaeontographica, Abteilung A 168 (5-6): 149-229. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6540358 entry