Elasmobranchii are relatively well-studied. However, numerous phylogenetic uncertainties
about their relationships remain. Here, we revisit the phylogenetic evidence based on a …

Excellent outcrops of the upper part of the “Continental Intercalaire” deposits occur in the
Gara Samani area, southern Algeria. These strata are recognised herein as belonging to the …

Extensive bulk sampling of seven horizons of a continuous succession deposited in an outer
neritic environment of the latest Maastrichtian yielded more than three thousand ichthyoliths …

Today, the only living genus of coelacanth, Latimeria is represented by two species along
the eastern coast of Africa and in Indonesia. This sarcopterygian fish is nicknamed a" living …

An exceptional hypertrophic batoid rostrum of exceptional size (TL= 146 cm) and four
fragmentary rostral teeth collected from the marine Maastrichtian of the Dakhla Formation …

ABSTRACT A new extinct sclerorhynchoid sawfish, Ptychotrygon ameghinorum sp. nov., is
presented here based on abundant isolated teeth and some dermal denticles, which were …

Egypt has yielded some of the richest and most spectacular records of Mesozoic terrestrial
vertebrates from Africa. Certainly, the best-known and most diverse of these are the …

Capasso et al (2024) reported an exceptionally large rostrum of the sawskate Onchopristis
sp. from the Maastrichtian Dakhla Formation of Egypt. They also described four isolated …

Serving in a foraging or self‐defense capacity, pristiophorids, pristids, and the extinct
sclerorhynchoids independently evolved an elongated rostrum lined with modified dermal …

Abstract The sawskates, suborder Sclerorhynchoidei Cappetta, 1980, are divided into five
families currently known as Ischyrhizidae Cope, 1875, Sclerorhynchidae Arambourg, 1952 …