Order Pristiophoriformes Berg 1958 (saw shark)

Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes

Alternative spelling: Pristiophoriphormes

Parent taxon: Squalomorphii according to A. Engelbrecht et al. 2017

See also Long 1992, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Underwood 2006 and Wueringer et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Hexanchida, Hexanchiformes

Subtaxa: Ikamuius Pristiophoridae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), Japan (1), New Zealand (7), United States (2: California)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Belgium (1), Colombia (2), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (4), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (9), Panama (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (4), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (4)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (4), United States (2: California, South Carolina)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (5)

• Eocene of Antarctica (7), Argentina (2), Chile (1), Egypt (3), France (1), Japan (1), Jordan (2), New Zealand (5)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), Israel (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 92 collections including 98 occurrences

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