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Sclerorhynchiformes
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene130–55.8 Ma
Libanopristis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Clade: Pristiorajea
Order: †Sclerorhynchiformes
Kriwert, 2004
Subgroups

†Sclerorhynchoidei
†Iberotrygon

Sclerorhynchiformes is an order of extinct batoids with long, serrated rostrums very similar to those of sawsharks and sawfishes. While they are neither, they are more closely related to sawfishes, and are included alongside them in the clade Pristiorajea.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kriwert, Jürgen. "The systematic position of the Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfishes (Elasmobranchii, Pristiorajea)" (PDF).
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