Pristis Linck 1790 (sawfish)

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 S. Adnet et al. 2020

See also Andrews 1906, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1987, Case 1981, Casier 1946, Cicimurri 2007, Collareta et al. 2020, 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, White 1926 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Aktaua, Anoxypristis, Ganopristinae, 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 bisulcatus Pristis brachyodon Pristis brayi Pristis caheni Pristis contortus Pristis cudmorei Pristis curvidens Pristis dubius Pristis ensidens Pristis fajumensis Pristis hamatus Pristis hastingsiae Pristis lanceolatus Pristis lathami Pristis mucrodens Pristis olbrechtsi Pristis pectinatus Pristis pickeringi Pristis pristis Pristis prosulcatus Pristis recurvidens

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

• Pliocene of Angola (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (2), France (2), India (5), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Peru (4), Portugal (5), Spain (1), United States (7: Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (2), Peru (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Egypt (17), Italy (1), Libya (3), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (25: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)

• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Paleogene of Libya (1)

• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Jersey, North Carolina)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 125 collections including 139 occurrences

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