| Schizorhizidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Suborder: | †Sclerorhynchoidei |
| Family: | †Schizorhizidae Kirkland & Aguillón-Martínez, 2002[1] |
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Schizorhizidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fish from the Late Cretaceous belonging to the suborder Sclerorhynchoidei. This family contains the genera Harranahynchus and Schizorhiza.[2] It was originally named as a subfamily of Sclerorhynchidae,[1] but was later raised to the rank of family.[3]
- ^ a b Kirkland, J.I.; Aguillón-Martínez, M.C. (2002). "Schizorhiza: a unique sawfish paradigm from the Difunta Group, Coahuila, Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 19 (1): 16–24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Greenfield, T. (2021). "Corrections to the nomenclature of sawskates (Rajiformes, Sclerorhynchoidei)". Bionomina. 22 (1): 39–41. doi:10.11646/bionomina.22.1.3. S2CID 239067365.