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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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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.
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Waipipian or 83.60000 to 3.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Collections (92 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Pristiophorus tumidens (92241) | |
Campanian | New Zealand (South Island) | Trygon ensifer (101382) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Pristiophorus smithi (221572) Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus pricei (221571) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Israel | Pristiophorus sp. (35443) | |
Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Pristiophorus sp. (144918) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | Pristiophorus sp. (99627) | |
Ypresian | Antarctica | Pristiophorus laevis (100414 191917) | |
Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Pristiophorus laevis (176085) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Jordan | Pristiophorus sp. (65225) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (53666) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | France (Landes) | Pristiophorus lacipidinensis (161753) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Pristiophorus sp. (230272 230274) | |
Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204230) | |
Bortonian - Kaiatan | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (63106) | |
Bortonian - Runangan | New Zealand | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204249) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (31173) | |
Kaiatan | New Zealand | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (74594) | |
Kaiatan | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204233) | |
Priabonian | Antarctica | Pristiophorus laevis (100419) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | Pristiophorus sp. (137550 137551 137569) | |
Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Pristiophorus sp. (100290) | |
Priabonian | Japan (Hokkaido) | Pristiophorus lineatus (202922) | |
Priabonian | Jordan | Pristiophorus sp. (32899) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Chile | Pristiophorus sp. (99478) | |
Whaingaroan | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204237 204238 204239 204240 204241) | |
Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | Pristiophorus sp. (224900) | |
Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (174143) | |
Chattian | USA (California) | Pristiophorus sp. (11601) | |
Chattian | New Zealand (South Otago) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Trygon ensifer, Lamna lanceolata (45653) | |
Duntroonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (63049) | |
Duntroonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204235) | |
Duntroonian | New Zealand | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (152359) | |
Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | Ikamauius ensifer (202248) Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204231 204234) | |
Waitakian | New Zealand | Ikamauius ensifer (74595) | |
Aquitanian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Pristiophorus sp. (182218) | |
Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Pristiophorus sp. (48887) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (51330) | |
Miocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Trygon ensifer, Lamna lanceolata (202913 202915) | |
Otaian | New Zealand (North Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204245) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pristiophorus sp. (210593) | |
Burdigalian | Slovakia | Pristiophorus striatus (161899 161900 161901 161902) | |
Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Pristiophoridae sp. (166506) | |
Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204232 204236 204242) | |
Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (174139) | |
Langhian | Portugal (Penedo) | Pristiophorus suevicus (161620) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | Pristiophorus sp. (161445) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Hokuriku) | Pristiophorus sp. (161492 161496) | |
Serravallian | France (Gironde) | Pristiophorus suevicus (161524 161527) | |
Badenian | Belgium | Pristiophorus sp. (208831) | |
Waiauan | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204243) | |
Waiauan | New Zealand | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204244) | |
Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Pristiophorus sp. (160781) | |
Tortonian | Peru | Pristiophorus sp. (45486) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ecuador | Pristiophorus sp. (204352) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Pristiophorus sp. (162679) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chile (Copiapó) | Pristiophorus sp. (224050) | |
Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (46167) | |
Messinian | Japan (Chiba) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (202927) | |
MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | Pristiophorus sp. (65955) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Japan (Chiba) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (70006) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (50343) | |
Kapitean | New Zealand (North Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204248) | |
Opoitian | New Zealand (North Island) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204246) | |
Zanclean | USA (California) | Pristiophorus sp. (50068) | |
Zanclean | Italy | Pristiophorus sp. (206310) | |
Pliocene | Japan (Okinawa-Jima) | Pristiophorus japonicus (161452) | |
Waipipian | New Zealand (North Siland) | Ikamauius ensifer (202249) | |
Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Pristiophorus lanceolatus, Ikamauius ensifer (28039) | |
Waipipian | New Zealand (North Island) | Ikamauius ensifer (197245 202250) Pristiophorus lanceolatus (204247) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pristiophorus napierensis (87896) | |
Piacenzian | USA (California) | Pristiophorus sp. (117472) |