Harranahynchus

Harranahynchus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Batoidea
Order:	Rajiformes
Suborder:	†Sclerorhynchoidei
Family:	†Schizorhizidae
Genus:	†Harranahynchus; Kaddumi, 2009[1]
Type species
	†Harranahynchus minutadens; Kaddumi, 2009

Harranahynchus is an extinct genus of schizorhizid sclerorhynchoid that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, H. minutadens. It is known from relatively complete cranial and body fossils found in the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan. Its rostral denticles are extremely small and are arranged in batteries like its close relative Schizorhiza. It has an estimated length of around 2 m (6.6 ft).[1]

References

Kaddumi, H.F. (2009). "A new genus and species of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) from the late Maastrichtian sediments of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 178–187.

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[Kaddumi_2009-1] Kaddumi, H.F. (2009). "A new genus and species of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) from the late Maastrichtian sediments of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 178–187.