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Pristoidei (disused)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Pristioidea is a suborder.

It was corrected as Pristoidea by Keyes (1977); it was corrected as Pristoidei by Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Cahuzac et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Batoidei by Jonet (1968); to Batoidea by Keyes (1977); to Elasmobranchii by Thurmond and Jones (1981); and to Rajiformes by Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Cahuzac et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Pristioidea Jonet p. 236
1977Pristoidea Keyes p. 264
1981Pristioidea Thurmond and Jones p. 69
1987Pristoidei Cappetta p. 157
2005Pristoidei Kriwet
2007Pristoidei Cahuzac et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderPristoidei
suborderPristoidei

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.

Subor. †Pristoidei
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available