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†Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905 (sawfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Belongs to Pristis according to C. W. Andrews 1906

Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bassani, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis curvidens, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis malembeensis, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis propinquidens, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi

Type specimen: CGM 10204, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Qasr el-Sagha (Eocene of Egypt)

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