Below are descriptions of selected sclerorhynchids. We are currently seeking the descriptions for the remaining fossil species.
SCLERORHYNCHID DESCRIPTIONS
ASFLAPRISTIS CRISTADENTIS
Villalobos-Segura, E., C.J. Underwood, D.J. Ward, and K.M. Claeson. 2019. The first three-dimensional fossils of Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfish: Asflapristis cristadentis gen. et sp. nov., and implications for the phylogentic relations of the Sclerorhynchoidei (Condrichthyes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2009:1–23. Link to Abstract
[This new genus and species is described from six fossil specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. The species is characterized by a relatively robust rostrum apparently devoid of rostral denticles. The jaws are relatively large and have ridged teeth that lack cusps and are reminiscent of dasyatid teeth. The material described here suggests a total length of approx. 2 m.]
AUSTRALOPRISTIS WIFFENI [re-appraisal of Onchopristis dunklei praecursor]
Martill, D. M. and N. Ibrahim. 2012. Aberrant rostral teeth of the sawfish Onchopristis numidus from the Kem Kem beds (?early Late Cretaceous) of Morocco and a reappraisal of Onchopristis in New Zealand. Journal of African Earth Sciences 64:71–76. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X11002172
BORODINOPRISTIS SCHWIMMERI
Case. G. R. 1987. Borodinopristis schwimmeri, a new ganopristine sawfish from the upper Blufftown Formation (Campanian) of the upper Cretaceous of Georgia. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 32(1):25–33.
BORODINOPRISTIS SHANNONI
Case, G. R., T. D. Cook, M. V. H. Wilson, and P. D. Borodin. 2012. A new species of the sclerorhynchid sawfish Borodinopristis from the Campanian (upper Cretaceous) of North Carolina, USA. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 24(6):592–597. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08912963.2012.663367
CTENOPRISTIS JORDANICUS
Mustafa, H.A., G.R. Case, and I. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Cretaceous) - Central Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 226(3):419–444. Link to Abstract
[Ctenopristis jordanicus sp. nov. is described from three oral teeth from the upper Santonian, Umm Ghudran Fm., Central Jordan]
CTENOPRISTIS NOUGARETI
Arambourg, C. 1940. Le groupe des Ganopristinés. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 10(5):127–147.
Arambourg, C. 1940. The Group of the Ganopristines [translated from French to English by R. W. Purdy, July-August 1998]. The Polyglot Paleontologist [accessed 17 Nov. 1998 from http://www.paleoglot.org/].
ONCHOPRISTIS DUNKLEI
McNulty, C. L., Jr. and B. H. Slaughter. 1962. A new sawfish from the Woodbine Formation (Cretaceous) of Texas. Copeia 4:775–777.
ONCHOSAURUS PHARAOH
Dames, H. 1887. Titanichthys pharaoh nov. gen. nov. sp. aus der Kreide Formation Aegyptens. Separate-Abdruck aus den Sitzungs-Berichten der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5:69–78.
PTYCHOTRYGON ROSTRISPATULA
Villalobos-Segura, E., C.J. Underwood, and D.J. Ward. 2019. The first skeletal record of the enigmatic Cretaceous sawfish genus Ptychotrygon (chondrichthyes, batoidea) from the Turonian of Morocco. Papers in Palaeontology 2019:1–24. Link to Abstract
[Ptychotrygon rostrispatula sp. nov. is described from five partial skeletons]
SCLERORHYNCHUS KARAKENSIS
Mustafa, H.A., G.R. Case, and I. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Cretaceous) - Central Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 226(3):419–444. Link to Abstract
[Sclerorhynchus karakensis sp. nov. is described from five oral teeth from the upper Santonian, Umm Ghudran Fm., Central Jordan]
TOMEWINGIA PROBLEMATICA [may be a sclerorhynchid]
Case, G. R. and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarro Group; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (A) 34:131–189.
Villalobos-Segura, E., C.J. Underwood, D.J. Ward, and K.M. Claeson. 2019. The first three-dimensional fossils of Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfish: Asflapristis cristadentis gen. et sp. nov., and implications for the phylogentic relations of the Sclerorhynchoidei (Condrichthyes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2009:1–23. Link to Abstract
[This new genus and species is described from six fossil specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. The species is characterized by a relatively robust rostrum apparently devoid of rostral denticles. The jaws are relatively large and have ridged teeth that lack cusps and are reminiscent of dasyatid teeth. The material described here suggests a total length of approx. 2 m.]
AUSTRALOPRISTIS WIFFENI [re-appraisal of Onchopristis dunklei praecursor]
Martill, D. M. and N. Ibrahim. 2012. Aberrant rostral teeth of the sawfish Onchopristis numidus from the Kem Kem beds (?early Late Cretaceous) of Morocco and a reappraisal of Onchopristis in New Zealand. Journal of African Earth Sciences 64:71–76. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X11002172
BORODINOPRISTIS SCHWIMMERI
Case. G. R. 1987. Borodinopristis schwimmeri, a new ganopristine sawfish from the upper Blufftown Formation (Campanian) of the upper Cretaceous of Georgia. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 32(1):25–33.
BORODINOPRISTIS SHANNONI
Case, G. R., T. D. Cook, M. V. H. Wilson, and P. D. Borodin. 2012. A new species of the sclerorhynchid sawfish Borodinopristis from the Campanian (upper Cretaceous) of North Carolina, USA. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 24(6):592–597. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08912963.2012.663367
CTENOPRISTIS JORDANICUS
Mustafa, H.A., G.R. Case, and I. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Cretaceous) - Central Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 226(3):419–444. Link to Abstract
[Ctenopristis jordanicus sp. nov. is described from three oral teeth from the upper Santonian, Umm Ghudran Fm., Central Jordan]
CTENOPRISTIS NOUGARETI
Arambourg, C. 1940. Le groupe des Ganopristinés. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 10(5):127–147.
Arambourg, C. 1940. The Group of the Ganopristines [translated from French to English by R. W. Purdy, July-August 1998]. The Polyglot Paleontologist [accessed 17 Nov. 1998 from http://www.paleoglot.org/].
ONCHOPRISTIS DUNKLEI
McNulty, C. L., Jr. and B. H. Slaughter. 1962. A new sawfish from the Woodbine Formation (Cretaceous) of Texas. Copeia 4:775–777.
ONCHOSAURUS PHARAOH
Dames, H. 1887. Titanichthys pharaoh nov. gen. nov. sp. aus der Kreide Formation Aegyptens. Separate-Abdruck aus den Sitzungs-Berichten der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5:69–78.
PTYCHOTRYGON ROSTRISPATULA
Villalobos-Segura, E., C.J. Underwood, and D.J. Ward. 2019. The first skeletal record of the enigmatic Cretaceous sawfish genus Ptychotrygon (chondrichthyes, batoidea) from the Turonian of Morocco. Papers in Palaeontology 2019:1–24. Link to Abstract
[Ptychotrygon rostrispatula sp. nov. is described from five partial skeletons]
SCLERORHYNCHUS KARAKENSIS
Mustafa, H.A., G.R. Case, and I. Zalmout. 2002. A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Cretaceous) - Central Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 226(3):419–444. Link to Abstract
[Sclerorhynchus karakensis sp. nov. is described from five oral teeth from the upper Santonian, Umm Ghudran Fm., Central Jordan]
TOMEWINGIA PROBLEMATICA [may be a sclerorhynchid]
Case, G. R. and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarro Group; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (A) 34:131–189.