Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: S. Adnet. 2006. Nouvelle faunes de sélaciens (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) de l'Eocène moyen des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implication dans la connaissance des communautés de sélaciens d'eau profondes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 10:1-128
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to B. Cahuzac et al. 2007
See also Adnet 2006
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus humboldti, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus rupeliensis, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Type specimen: ANG108, a tooth. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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