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Pristodontidae
Taxonomy
Pristodontidae was named by Woodward (1889). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Petalodontida by Zangerl (1981); and to Petalodontiformes by Hansen (1978), Lund (1989), Nelson (2006), Ginter et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Petalodontida by Zangerl (1981); and to Petalodontiformes by Hansen (1978), Lund (1989), Nelson (2006), Ginter et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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.
Fm. †Pristodontidae Woodward 1889
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G. †Davodus Hansen 1985
G. †Megactenopetalus David 1944
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G. †Pristodus Davis 1883
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†Pristodus benniei Etheridge 1875
†Pristodus concinnus Davis 1883
†Pristodus falcatus Davis 1883
Invalid names: Peripristidae Eastman 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Arnsbergian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 326.90000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mississippian | USA (Kentucky) | Peripristis semicircularis (133266) | |
| Arnsbergian | USA (Montana) | Siksika ottae (116654) | |
| Pennsylvanian | United Kingdom | Pristodus benniei (137321 137327) Pristodus falcatus (137324 137351) Pristodus falcatus, Pristodus concinnus, Pristodus benniei (137322) | |
| Moscovian | USA (New Mexico) | Peripristis semicircularis (149386) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (New Mexico) | Peripristis sp. (217021 217022) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Nebraska) | Peripristis semicircularis (132676 132976 132977 132978) | |
| Late/Upper Pennsylvanian | USA (Texas) | Peripristis semicircularis (236693) | |
| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Peripristis semicircularis (71507) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Kansas) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (146376) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Peripristis semicircularis (217070) | |
| Asselian | USA (Oklahoma) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (146375) | |
| Asselian | Bolivia | Megactenopetalus sp. (118107) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (90277) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (118958 118959) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (90287) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Megactenopetalus kaibabanus (118961) | |
| Guadalupian | China (Shaanxi) | Petalodus shingkuoi (146377) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Sichuan) | Petalodus shingkuoi (146378) |