Sclerorhynchidae
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Ganopristidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the
Cretaceous 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 ...
belonging to the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei. While the name Sclerorhynchidae is often used for this family, it is a junior synonym of Ganopristidae. This family contains the genera '' Libanopristis'', ''
Micropristis ''Micropristis'' is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived in the Middle East and Europe during the Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is ...
'', and ''
Sclerorhynchus ''Sclerorhynchus'' (from el, σκληρός , 'hard' and el, ῥύγχος 'snout') is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived during the Late Cretaceous. The genus ''Ganopristis'' is considered a junior synonym of ''Scler ...
''. The type genus ''Ganopristis'' is considered to be a junior synonym of ''Sclerorhynchus''.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q108908110 Prehistoric cartilaginous fish families Rajiformes