Biology:Schizorhizidae

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Short description: Extinct family of cartilaginous fishes

Schizorhizidae
Temporal range: Santonian-Maastrichtian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: Schizorhizidae
Kirkland & Aguillón-Martínez, 2002[1]
Genera

Schizorhizidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Late Cretaceous belonging to the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei. This family contains the genera Harranahynchus and Schizorhiza.[2] It was originally named as a subfamily of Sclerorhynchidae,[1] but was later raised to the rank of family.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kirkland, J.I.; Aguillón-Martínez, M.C. (2002). "Schizorhiza: a unique sawfish paradigm from the Difunta Group, Coahuila, Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 19 (1): 16–24. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57219102. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Greenfield, T. (2021). "Corrections to the nomenclature of sawskates (Rajiformes, Sclerorhynchoidei)". Bionomina 22 (1): 39–41. doi:10.11646/bionomina.22.1.3. 

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