Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Second addition to the history of the fishes of the Cretaceous of United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:240-244
Belongs to Pristis according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Cope 1869
Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis bassani, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis malembeensis, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis propinquidens, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Flower's marl pit (Eocene to Pliocene of North Carolina)
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