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 Carlsen and Cuny 2014, Chapman 1918, Davis 1888, Keyes 1982, Kriwet et al. 2016, Long 1992 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus humboldti, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus rupeliensis, 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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