''Baharipristis'' is an extinct genus of
sawfish-like shark from the
Cretaceous period
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
. It contains a singular species, ''B. bastetiae''. It was described from the
Cenomanian-aged
Bahariya formation
The Bahariya Formation (also transcribed as Baharija Formation) is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian, which outcrops within the Bahariya depression in Egypt, and is known from oil exploration drilling across ...
of Gebel Ghorabi,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
based on distinctive isolated rostral teeth. It shares the formation with at least 9 other genera of
Sclerorhynchid Saw-snouted sharks.
References
Sclerorhynchidae
Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
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