Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Synonyms: Eopristis Stromer 1905, Myriosteon Gray 1864, Pristibatis Blainville 1825, Pristibatys Blainville 1818, Pristiopsis Fowler 1905, Pristis (Eopristis) Stromer 1905, Pristobatus Blainville 1816
Parent taxon: Pristidae according to H. M. Maisch IV et al. 2025
See also Adnet et al. 2020, Andrews 1906, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1987, Case 1981, Casier 1946, Cicimurri 2007, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Collareta et al. 2020, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Ebersole et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1894, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Kriwet 2005, Leriche 1942, Maisch et al. 2014, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Verma 2024, White 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Anoxypristis, Mesopristis, Oxypristis, Peyeria, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Propristis
Subtaxa: Eopristis reinachi 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 lathami Pristis malembeensis Pristis olbrechtsi Pristis pectinatus Pristis pickeringi Pristis pristis Pristis propinquidens Pristis prosulcatus Pristis recurvidens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Angola (1), Australia (3), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (2), France (4), India (5), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Peru (4), Portugal (5), Spain (2), United States (7: Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina), Venezuela (16)
• Oligocene of Angola (2), Pakistan (2), Peru (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene to Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Angola (4), Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Belgium (3), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (22), India (1), Italy (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Libya (3), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Qatar (2), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (26: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Paleogene of Libya (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Jersey, North Carolina)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 166 collections including 177 occurrences
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