Libanopristis

Libanopristis
Temporal range: Cretaceous
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. [1]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the marine strata of Cretaceous of Lebanon (age range: 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago). [1]

Species

This species could reach a length of about 160 centimetres (63 in).

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