Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Alternative combination: Lamna lanceolata
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924
See also Chapman 1918, Davis 1888, Keyes 1982, Long 1992 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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