Biology:Micropristis

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes


Micropristis
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Campanian
Micropristis solominis rostrum.jpg
Micropristis solomonis rostrum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Ganopristidae
Genus: Micropristis
Cappetta, 1980[2]
Species:
M. solomonis
Binomial name
Micropristis solomonis
(Hay, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sclerorhynchus solomonis
    Hay, 1903
  • Sclerorhynchus sentus
    Hay, 1903
  • Sclerorhynchus germaniae
    Albers & Weiler, 1964[3]


Micropristis is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived in the Middle East and Europe 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. 
  3. Albers, H.; Weiler, W. (1964). "Eine Fischfauna aus der oberen Kreide von Aachen und neuere Funde von Fischresten aus dem Maestricht des angrenzenden belgisch-holländischen Raumes". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 120: 1-33. 


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