Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to F. Chapman 1918
See also Keyes 1984
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus humboldti, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus rupeliensis, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Napier, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Napier
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