Schizorhiza
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| Schizorhiza Temporal range: | |
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| Schizorhiza stromeri rostrum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Suborder: | †Sclerorhynchoidei |
| Family: | †Schizorhizidae |
| Genus: | †Schizorhiza Weiler, 1930[1] |
| Species: | †S. stromeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler, 1930 | |
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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,[3] and its fossils have been found in Africa, the Middle East, North America, and South America.[4]