Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: E. Steurbaut and J. Herman. 1978. Biostratigraphie et poissons fossiles de la formation de l'Argile de Boom (Oligocène moyen du Bassin Belge). Geobios 11:297-325
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to J. Baut and B. Génault 1999
See also Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler 1995 and Steurbaut and Herman 1978
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus humboldti, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Type specimen: IRSNB P.2643, a tooth. Its type locality is Steendorp, level 33, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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