Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Synonyms: Pristis bisulcatus Agassiz 1836, Pristis parisiensis Gervais 1852
Belongs to Pristis according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 2016
See also Agassiz 1836, Agassiz 1843, Cappetta 1987, Case 1981, Casier 1946, Casier 1971, Cicimurri 2007, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Nolf 1972, Nolf 1988, White 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bassani, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis malembeensis, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis propinquidens, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
• Eocene of Angola (3), Belgium (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (10), Kyrgyzstan (1), Nigeria (3), Qatar (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (10: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Western Sahara (3)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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