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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Ganopristis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Sclerorhynchidae
Genus: Ganopristis
Arambourg, 1935

Ganopristis is a prehistoric genus of sawfish-like shark whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage. Its fossils can be found in the Vitória Formation of Spain , in Syria and in the Mishash Formation of Israel.[1]

Classification

Species

  • Ganopristis hiram
  • Ganopristis leptodon
  • Ganopristis libanica
  • Ganopristis senta

See also

  • Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5521464 entry