Propristis mayumbensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (sawfish)

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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