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Pristiophoriformes (saw shark)
Taxonomy
Pristiophoriformes was named by Berg (1958). It is extant.
It was corrected as Pristiophoriphormes by Cappetta (1987).
It was assigned to Chondrichthyes by Purdy et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); to Squatinida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Squalomorphii by Cappetta (1987), Long (1992) and Engelbrecht et al. (2017).
It was corrected as Pristiophoriphormes by Cappetta (1987).
It was assigned to Chondrichthyes by Purdy et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); to Squatinida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Squalomorphii by Cappetta (1987), Long (1992) and Engelbrecht et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Pristiophoriformes Berg |
| 1987 | Pristiophoriphormes Cappetta |
| 1992 | Pristiophoriformes Long p. 20 |
| 2001 | Pristiophoriformes Purdy et al. p. 88 |
| 2002 | Pristiophoriformes Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Pristiophoriformes Underwood p. 234 |
| 2016 | Pristiophoriformes Nelson et al. p. 80 |
| 2017 | Pristiophoriformes Engelbrecht et al. p. 843 |
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Or. Pristiophoriformes Berg 1958 [saw shark]
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G. †Ikamuius Keyes 1979
Fm. Pristiophoridae Bleeker 1859
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G. Pristiophorus Bleeker 1859
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Pristiophorus cirratus Latham 1974
Pristiophorus japonicus Günther 1870
†Pristiophorus lacipidinensis Adnet 2006
†Pristiophorus laevis Engelbrecht et al. 2017
†Pristiophorus lanceolata Davis 1888
†Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888
†Pristiophorus lineatus Applegate and Uyeno 1968
†Pristiophorus napierensis Chapman 1918
Pristiophorus nudipinnis Günther 1870
†Pristiophorus pricei Cappetta et al. 2019
Pristiophorus schroederi Springer and Bullis 1960
†Pristiophorus smithi Cappetta et al. 2019
†Pristiophorus striatus Underwood and Schlogl 2013
Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel 1890
†Pristiophorus tumidens Woodward 1932
Invalid names: Pristiophorinae Bleeker 1859 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available