Libanopristis
Temporal range:
L. hiram fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Ganopristidae
Genus: Libanopristis
Cappetta, 1980[1]
Species:
L. hiram
Binomial name
Libanopristis hiram
(Hay, 1903)[2]
Synonyms
  • Sclerorhynchus hiram
    Hay, 1903
  • Rhinobatus eretes
    Hay, 1903

Libanopristis is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived in Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous.

References

  1. Cappetta, H. (1980). "Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes". Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 168 (5–6): 149–229.
  2. 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.


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