Pristis lanceolatus Jonet 1968 (sawfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Full reference: S. Jonet. 1968. Notes d'ichthyologie Miocene Portugaise; V, Queleques batoides. Revista de Faculdade de Ciencias 2a Ser. C. Ciencias Naturais 15:233-257

Belongs to Pristis according to S. Jonet 1968

Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, 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 lathami, Pristis mucrodens, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moscavide, which is in a MN 9 marine horizon in Portugal

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Moscavide

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