Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Parent taxon: Pristidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Cappetta 1987, Landini et al. 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aktaua, Ganopristinae, Oxypristis, Peyeria, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Pristis, Propristis
Subtaxa: Anoxypristis cuspidatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), Libya (1)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Peru (2), Portugal (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Egypt (16), Senegal (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Alabama, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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