Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Belongs to Pristis according to A. S. Woodward 1889
See also Cicimurri 2007
Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis aethiopicus, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bassani, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hamatus, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis malembeensis, Pristis mucrodens, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pristis contortus in the database
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