Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: H. Capetta. 1974. Sclerorhynchidae nov. fam. Pristidae et Pristiophoridae: un exemple de parallelisme chez Selaciens. Comptes rendus de Academie de Sciences Paris Serie D 278:225-228
Parent taxon: Sclerorhynchoidei according to G. Guinot et al. 2012
See also Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, 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 taxon: Ptychotrygonidae
Subtaxa: Agaleorhynchus Ankistrorhynchus Baharipristis Biropristis Borodinopristis Celtipristis Ctenopristis Dalpiazia Ganopristis Ischyrhiza Libanopristis Marckgrafia Micropristis Onchopristis Onchosaurus Plicatopristis Pucapristis Renpetia Schizorhizinae Sclerorhynchus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1), United States (2: Montana, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (11), Argentina (2), Austria (2), Belgium (1), Bolivia (5), Brazil (1), Canada (10: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (8), Egypt (14), France (9), India (1), Israel (5), Japan (3), Jordan (5), Lebanon (4), Libya (1), Mali (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (15), New Zealand (2), Niger (10), Nigeria (1), Peru (2), Spain (5), Syria (7), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (118: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 262 collections including 368 occurrences