Pochitaserra Villafaña et al. 2025 (saw shark)

Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae

Full reference: J. A. Villafaña, J. Campos‐Medina, M. F. Chávez‐Hoffmeister, S. Araya, B. Araya, L. Ledezma, Y. Hernandez, H. A. Ramos‐Rojas, J. Bolomey, M. Tejo, F. Vera, A. N. Campoy, R. Arotaipe, Y. Bugueño, B. Antiquera and M. M. Rivadeneira. 2025. Diving into the past: a new assemblage of Neogene elasmobranch microfossils from the eastern Pacific of South America. Papers in Palaeontology 11(e70043)

Parent taxon: Pristiophoridae according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Pliotrematinae, Pristiophorinae, Pristiophorus

Subtaxa: Pochitaserra patriciacanalae

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Type: Pochitaserra patriciacanalae

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Econssa (E1ab layer) (Miocene of Chile)

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