Aktaua Case et al. 1996 (sawfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Full reference: G. R. Case, N.I. Udovichenko, L.A. Nessov, A.O. Averianov, and P.D. Borodin. 1996. A Middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylum Desert, Uzbekistan, C.I.S. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 242(Lfg.4-6):99-126

Parent taxon: Pristidae according to G. R. Case et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Anoxypristis, Ganopristinae, Oxypristis, Peyeria, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Pristis, Propristis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at White Mountain Formation (Eocene of Uzbekistan)

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