Libanopristis

<i>Libanopristis</i>

Libanopristis

Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Cappetta, H. (1980). "Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes". Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 168 (5–6): 149–229.
  2. [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.
  3. [3]
    Capasso, L. "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.


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