Pristis bassani de Zigno 1881 (sawfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Full reference: A. de Zigno. 1881. Nuove aggiunte alla fauna Eocena del Veneto. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 21:775-790

Belongs to Pristis according to A. de Zigno 1881

Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bisulcatus, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hamatus, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis mucrodens, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Duello, which is in a Bartonian marine limestone in the Orizzonte di Roncà Formation of Italy

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Duello

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