†family Pristodontidae Woodward 1889 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

Synonym: Peripristidae Eastman 1902

Parent taxon: Petalodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Hansen 1978, Jordan 1963, Lund 1989, Nelson 2006, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Belantseidae, Janassidae, Obruchevodidae, Paracymatodus, Petalodontidae, Petalorhynchidae, Serratodus

Subtaxa: Calopodus Davodus Diodontopsodus Hoplodus Megactenopetalus Peripristis Pristodus Siksika

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), China (2), United States (6: Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5), United States (13: Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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