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Ischyrhiza

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Superorder
  
Batoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Order
  
Pristiformes

Similar
  
Sawfish, Sclerorhynchus, Onchosaurus, Elasmobranchii, Rhombodus

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Ischyrhiza is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous and Paleogene belonging to the primitive Batoidea family Sclerorhynchidae. It was not just restricted to North America, also found in Japan, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and other various places and various fossil specimens are found in the Paleocene North America.

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Ischyrhiza Wikipedia