-
Cenomanian ages (~125-94 mya),
making this
genus one of the
oldest known sclerorhynchoids. In 1905, the
French paleontologist Émile Haug
named Gigantichthys...
- "sawfishes",
sawskates is a more
accurate common name
proposed in 2021 for
sclerorhynchoids,
which has been
subsequently used by
other researchers. The suborder...
-
confused with
sawsharks (order Pristiophoriformes) or the
extinct sclerorhynchoids (order Rajiformes)
which have a
similar appearance, or
swordfish (family...
- as well as
morphological differences that
distinguish it from
other sclerorhynchoids. The
generic name
referring to the
Atlantic Ocean, in
which most sediments...
- row of
enameloid "droplets" on each side. It is one of the
earliest sclerorhynchoids,
along with
Celtipristis and
Onchopristis which also
appeared in the...
-
cristadentis show it had
secondarily lost the
rostral denticles typical of
sclerorhynchoids, a
process called "depristification". Villalobos-Segura, E.; Underwood...
-
Libanopristis is an
extinct genus of
ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that
lived in
Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous. One
female specimen with nine embryos...
- and new rows of
denticles grew from the end of the rostrum.
Among sclerorhynchoids, this
denticle arrangement and
replacement system is only
found in...
- Its
rostral teeth possess a
smooth root
which makes it
unique among sclerorhynchoids.
Rostral teeth appear to vary in
morphology according to
position and...
-
Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Fish are
common fossils and are
represented by
sclerorhynchoids, guitarfish, sturgeons, paddlefishes, aspidorhynchids, osteoglossomorphs...
