Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: J. A. Villafaña, S. N. Nielsen, S. Klug and J. Kriwet. 2019. Early Miocene cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from Chile: Diversity and paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 96(102317)
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus rupeliensis, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Type specimen: SGO.PV 1307, a tooth. Its type locality is Punta Perro (PPN), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta Perro (PPN)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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