Pristisomus gracilis Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57

Belongs to Pristisomus according to A. S. Woodward 1890

Sister taxa: Pristisomus crassus, Pristisomus latus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)

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