Libanopristis

Libanopristis
Temporal range:
L. hiram fossil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: Ganopristidae
Genus: Libanopristis
Cappetta, 1980
Species:
L. hiram
Binomial name
Libanopristis hiram
(Hay, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Sclerorhynchus hiram
    Hay, 1903
  • Rhinobatus eretes
    Hay, 1903

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.