Libanopristis

Libanopristis Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
L. hiram fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Suborder:	† Sclerorhynchoidei
Family:	† Ganopristidae
Genus:	† Libanopristis Cappetta, 1980 [1]
Species:	†L. hiram
Binomial name
†Libanopristis hiram (Hay, 1903) [2]
Synonyms
Sclerorhynchus hiram Hay, 1903 Rhinobatus eretes Hay, 1903

Fauna and depositional environment of the coeval Hakel and Hjoula localities, including Libanopristis

Libanopristis is an extinct genus of ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that lived in Lebanon during the Late Cretaceous. One female specimen with nine embryos preserved in situ represents one of the first fossil evidence of batoid ovoviviparity. ^[3]

References

1. Cappetta, H. (1980). "Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes". Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 168 (5–6): 149–229.
2. Hay, O.P. (1903). "On a collection of Upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 19 (10): 395–452. hdl:2246/1500.
3. Capasso, L. (2003). "Embryos and trophonems in Cenomanian rays from Lebanon (Batomorphii, Pisces)". Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste. 50: 23–39. ISSN   0365-1576.