| Dalpiazia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| The holotype of D. stromeri from Libya | |
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| Dalpiazia stromeri tooth from Morocco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Sclerorhynchiformes |
| Family: | Sclerorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Dalpiazia Checchia-Rispoli, 1933 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli, 1933 | |
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Dalpiazia is an extinct genus of sclerorhynchid sawfish whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage in mines in Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Syria. The type species D. stromeri was named by Checchia-Rispoli (1933) in honor of Ernst Stromer, and the holotype, a rostral tooth, was found in Tripolitania, Libya.
The validity of Dalpiazia has been questioned on the basis of its similarities to Ischyrhiza, a subgenus of Onchosaurus.
See also
References
- Wueringer, B.E.; L. Squire Jr.; S.P. Collin (2009). "The biology of extinct and extant sawfish (Batoidea: Sclerorhynchidae and Pristidae)". Rev Fish Biol Fisheries. 19 (4): 445–464. doi:10.1007/s11160-009-9112-7.
- G. Checchia-Rispoli. (1933). Di un nuovo genere di "Pristidae" del Cretaceo superiore della Triplitania. Reale Accademia d'Italia Memoire della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali4(1):1-6
- C. Arambourg. (1940). Le groupe des Ganopristinés . Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 5 10:127-147
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