Australopristis wiffeni Martill and Ibrahim 2012 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Full reference: D. M. Martill and N. Ibrahim. 2012. Aberrant rostral teeth of the sawfish Onchopristis numidus from the Kem Kem beds (?early Late Cretaceous) of Morocco and a reappraisal of Onchopristis in New Zealand. Journal of African Earth Sciences 64:71-76

Belongs to Australopristis according to D. M. Martill and N. Ibrahim 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is GS11359, Mangahouanga Stream (V19/f6909), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shoreface sandstone in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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