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 japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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