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Propristis

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Taxonomy

Propristis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pristinae by White (1926), Case (1981); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pristidae by Woodward (1889), Andrews (1906), Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1987), Ebersole et al. (2019), Adnet et al. (2020).

Species

P. mayumbensis, P. schweinfurthi (syn. Amblypristis cheops)

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. scweinfurthi

Synonyms

Amblypristis was named by Dames (1888).

It was synonymized subjectively with Propristis by Cappetta (1987).

It was assigned to Pristidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Amblypristis Dames
1889	Propristis Woodward p. 76
1906	Propristis Andrews p. 318
1926	Propristis White p. 49
1963	Amblypristis Jordan p. 602
1963	Propristis Jordan p. 602
1981	Propristis Case p. 71
1987	Propristis Cappetta p. 158
2002	Propristis Sepkoski
2019	Propristis Ebersole et al. p. 110
2020	Propristis Adnet et al. p. 24

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
—	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Batomorphii
order	Rhinopristiformes	Last et al. 2016
family	Pristidae	Bonaparte 1838
genus	Propristis

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.

G. †Propristis

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†Propristis mayumbensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943

†Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897

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Invalid names: Amblypristis cheops Dames 1888 [synonym]

Invalid names: Amblypristis Dames 1888 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

nektonicc

Diet:

carnivorec

Created:

2004-08-17 13:49:23

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:31:01

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Chattian or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (36 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	56.0 - 51.1	USA (Virginia)	P. schweinfurthi (15595)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	P. schweinfurthi (41989 41992)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Togo	P. schweinfurthi (32991)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Angola (Cabinda)	P. schweinfurthi (83988)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	P. schweinfurthi (60711)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Egypt	P. sp. (137537 137538 137541)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	48.07 - 33.9	Egypt	P. schweinfurthi (62459)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township)	P. schweinfurthi (173640)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	P. schweinfurthi (81266 176944)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Nigeria	P. schweinfurthi (32905)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Egypt	P. schweinfurthi (42054) P. scweinfurthi (42052)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Western Sahara	P. schweinfurthi (175734)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	P. schweinfurthi (73434)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	P. schweinfurthi (45640)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Egypt	P. schweinfurthi (79700 96952 137560 137561 137581 137585 137587) P. sp. (137554 137556 137579 137584)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	P. schweinfurthi (75638)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Arkansas)	P. schweinfurthi (16549)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Western Sahara	P. schweinfurthi (96686 96688 276344)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Angola (Cabinda)	P. mayumbensis (56682)