Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Full reference: W. Weiler. 1935. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 32:1-57
Parent taxon: Pristidae according to C. Werner 1989
See also Cappetta 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1935
Sister taxa: Aktaua, Anoxypristis, Ganopristinae, Oxypristis, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Pristis, Propristis
Subtaxa: Peyeria libyca
Type: Peyeria libyca
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (4 collections), Morocco (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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