Schizorhiza

Schizorhiza
Temporal range:
Schizorhiza stromeri rostrum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Suborder: Sclerorhynchoidei
Family: Schizorhizidae
Genus: Schizorhiza
Weiler, 1930
Species:
S. stromeri
Binomial name
Schizorhiza stromeri
Weiler, 1930
Synonyms
  • Schizorhiza weileri Serra, 1933

Schizorhiza is an extinct genus of schizorhizid sclerorhynchoid that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, Schizorhiza stromeri. It lived from the Campanian to Maastrichtian, and its fossils have been found in Africa, the Middle East, North America, and South America.