Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317
Belongs to Pristis according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Hay 1902, Leriche 1942 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bassani, Pristis bisulcatus, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hamatus, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis mucrodens, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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