Libanopristis

Libanopristis is an extinct genus of sclerorhynchid sawfish. The taxa is known from the marine strata of Late Cretaceous Lebanon (99.7 to 94.3 million years ago). It was 1.6 meters (5.2 ft) in length.[1]

Libanopristis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (99.7-94.3 mya)
Front of fossil specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: โ€ Sclerorhynchidae
Genus: โ€ Libanopristis
Capetta, 1980

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