Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1855. Indications of five species, with two new genera, of extinct Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:414
Belongs to Pristis according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Hay 1902 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: Pristis acutidens, Pristis agassizi, Pristis amblodon, Pristis antiquorum, Pristis aquitanicus, Pristis atlanticus, Pristis attenuatus, Pristis bassani, Pristis bisulcatus, Pristis brachyodon, Pristis brayi, Pristis caheni, Pristis contortus, Pristis cudmorei, Pristis dubius, Pristis ensidens, Pristis fajumensis, Pristis hamatus, Pristis hastingsiae, Pristis lanceolatus, Pristis lathami, Pristis mucrodens, Pristis olbrechtsi, Pristis pectinatus, Pristis pickeringi, Pristis pristis, Pristis prosulcatus, Pristis recurvidens, Eopristis reinachi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Tertiary of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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