Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to J. Kriwet et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus humboldti, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus rupeliensis, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (7)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (4)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (5)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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