Dalpiazia Checchia-Rispoli 1933 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Full reference: G. Checchia-Rispoli. 1933. Di un nuovo genere di "Pristidae" del Cretaceo superiore della Triplitania. Reale Accademia d'Italia Memoire della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 4(1):1-6

Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2023

See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Checchia-Rispoli 1933, Sepkoski 2002, Suárez and Cappetta 2004 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001

Sister taxa: Agaleorhynchus, Ankistrorhynchus, Baharipristis, Biropristis, Borodinopristis, Celtipristis, Ctenopristis, Ganopristis, Ischyrhiza, Libanopristis, Marckgrafia, Micropristis, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus, Plicatopristis, Pucapristis, Renpetia, Schizorhizinae, Sclerorhynchus

Subtaxa: Dalpiazia stromeri

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Jordan (2 collections), Morocco (5), Niger (1), Spain (1), Syria (3)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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