Ganopristidae

Ganopristidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Maastrichtian
Libanopristis hiram
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: †Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: †Ganopristidae
Arambourg, 1940[1]
Genera
Synonyms
  • Sclerorhynchidae Arambourg, 1952[2]

Ganopristidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous belonging to the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei. While the name Sclerorhynchidae is often used for this family, it is a junior synonym of Ganopristidae.[3] This family contains the genera Libanopristis, Micropristis, and Sclerorhynchus.[4] The type genus Ganopristis is considered to be a junior synonym of Sclerorhynchus.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Arambourg, C. (1940). "Le groupe des Ganopristinés". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 5e série. 10 (3–6): 127–147. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.S5-X.3-6.127.
  2. ^ a b Arambourg, C. (1952). "Les Vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc - Algérie - Tunisie)" (PDF). Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc. 92: 1–372.
  3. ^ a b Greenfield, T. (2021). "Corrections to the nomenclature of sawskates (Rajiformes, Sclerorhynchoidei)". Bionomina. 22 (1): 39–41. doi:10.11646/bionomina.22.1.3. S2CID 239067365.
  4. ^ Villalobos-Segura, E.; Kriwet, J.; Vullo, R.; Stumpf, S.; Ward, D.J.; Underwood, C.J. (2021). "The skeletal remains of the euryhaline sclerorhynchoid †Onchopristis (Elasmobranchii) from the 'Mid'-Cretaceous and their palaeontological implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (2): 746–771. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa166.


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