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Genus of cartilaginous fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1] The type species D. stromeri was named by Checchia-Rispoli (1933) in honor of Ernst Stromer,[2] and the holotype, a rostral tooth, was found in Tripolitania, Libya.
Dalpiazia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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The holotype of D. stromeri from Libya | |
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Dalpiazia stromeri tooth from Morocco | |
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Genus: | †Dalpiazia Checchia-Rispoli, 1933 |
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†Dalpiazia stromeri Checchia-Rispoli, 1933 | |
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The validity of Dalpiazia has been questioned on the basis of its similarities to Ischyrhiza, a subgenus of Onchosaurus.[3]
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