†Propristis mayumbensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (sawfish)
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Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2:1-200
Belongs to Propristis according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
Sister taxon: Propristis schweinfurthi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Malembe, bed 4, which is in a Chattian coastal claystone in the Malembo Formation of Angola
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Malembe, bed 4
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