Sclerorhynchoidei is an extinct suborder of rajiformrays that had long rostra with large denticles similar to sawfishes and sawsharks. This feature was convergently evolved, recently proposed as 'pristification',[7] and their closest living relatives are actually skates.[8][9][10] While they are often called "sawfishes", sawskates is a more accurate common name proposed in 2021 for sclerorhynchoids,[11] which has been subsequently used by other researchers.[12][13][14]
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^Kriwet, J. (2004). "The systematic position of the Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfishes (Elasmobranchii, Pristiorajea)". In Arratia, G.; Tintori, A. (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes 3 – Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity. Proceedings of the International Meeting Serpiano, 2001. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 57–73. ISBN3-89937-053-8.
^Greenfield, T. (2024). "Pristification: Defining the convergent evolution of saws in sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)". Mesozoic. 1 (2): 121–124. doi:10.11646/MESOZOIC.1.2.3.
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^Mulcahy, Kevin D. (2023). "Relative abundance of vertebrate fossil taxa in the Upper Cretaceous exposures of Monmouth County brooks & a test of species richness extrapolators". The Mosasaur. 13: 1–14. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7905373.
^Smith, Roy E.; Martill, David M.; Longrich, N.; Unwin, David M.; Ibrahim, N.; Zouhri, S. (2023). "Comparative taphonomy of Kem Kem Group (Cretaceous) pterosaurs of southeast Morocco". Evolving Earth. 1. 100006. Bibcode:2023EvEar...100006S. doi:10.1016/j.eve.2023.100006.
^Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN978-3-89937-148-2.
^Capasso, L. (2003). "Embryos and trophonems in Cenomanian rays from Lebanon (Batomorphii, Pisces)". Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste. 50: 23–39. ISSN0365-1576.