Libanopristis Temporal range: Cretaceous |
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Fossil of Libanopristis hiram from Cretaceous of Lebanon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Sclerorhynchiformes |
Family: | Sclerorhynchidae |
Genus: |
Libanopristis Capetta 1980 |
Libanopristis is an extinct genus of sawfish belonging to the family Sclerorhynchidae.
This genus is known in the marine strata of Cretaceous of Lebanon (age range: 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago).
This species could reach a length of about 160 centimetres (63 in).
Libanopristis hiram fossil