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
Belongs to Marckgrafia according to C. Werner 1989
See also Cappetta 1987 and Weiler 1935
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSP 1912 VIII 135, a tooth. Its type locality is 500 m west of Gebel Maghrafe, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (5 collections), Morocco (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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