Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1974. Sclerorhynchidae nov. fam., Pristidae et Pristiophoridae: un exemple de parallélisme chez les sélaciens. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Série D 278:225-228
Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Guinot et al. 2012, Herman 1977, Keyes 1977, Kriwet et al. 2009, Nelson et al. 2016, Pearson et al. 2002, Peng et al. 2001, Pereira and Medeiros 2008, Suárez and Cappetta 2004 and Uyeno and Hasegawa 1986
Sister taxa: Iberotrygon, Ptychotrygonidae
Subtaxa: Agaleorhynchus Ankistrorhynchus Australopristis Baharipristis Biropristis Borodinopristis Celtipristis Ctenopristis Dalpiazia Ganopristinae Ganopristis Ischyrhiza Libanopristis Marckgrafia Micropristis Onchopristis Onchosaurus Plicatopristis Pucapristis Renpetia Schizorhizinae Sclerorhynchus
Type: Sclerorhynchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (11), Angola (3), Argentina (2), Austria (2), Belgium (5), Bolivia (5), Brazil (1), Canada (10: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (11), the Congo-Kinshasa (4), Egypt (18), France (11), Germany (1), India (1), Israel (5), Italy (1), Japan (3), Jordan (6), Lebanon (4), Libya (1), Mali (2), Mexico (3), Morocco (17), the Netherlands (5), New Zealand (2), Niger (10), Nigeria (1), Peru (2), Spain (5), Syria (7), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (111: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 284 collections including 387 occurrences