Micropristis Cappetta 1980 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 168:149-229

Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2012

See also Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Suárez and Cappetta 2004

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Lebanon (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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