Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: W. Weiler. 1935. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 32:1-57
Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchidae according to C. Werner 1989
See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1987, Sepkoski 2002, Tabaste 1963 and Weiler 1935
Sister taxa: Agaleorhynchus, Ankistrorhynchus, Baharipristis, Biropristis, Borodinopristis, Celtipristis, Ctenopristis, Dalpiazia, Ganopristis, Ischyrhiza, Libanopristis, Micropristis, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus, Plicatopristis, Pucapristis, Renpetia, Schizorhizinae, Sclerorhynchus
Subtaxa: Marckgrafia libyca
Type: Marckgrafia libyca
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (5), Morocco (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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