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Australopristis wiffeni

Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Australopristis wiffeni was named by Martill and Ibrahim (2012). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS11359, Mangahouanga Stream (V19/f6909), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shoreface sandstone in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Australopristis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Australopristis wiffeni Martill and Ibrahim p. 74 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderSclerorhynchiformesKriwet 2004
familySclerorhynchidae
genusAustralopristis
specieswiffeni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Australopristis wiffeni Martill and Ibrahim 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available