Pucapristis branisi Schaeffer 1963 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1963. Cretaceous fishes from Bolivia, with comments on pristid evolution. American Museum Novitates 2159:1-20

Belongs to Pucapristis according to M. E. Suárez and H. Cappetta 2004

See also Cappetta 1975, Cappetta 1987 and Schaeffer 1963

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 8678, a tooth. Its type locality is Torotoro bone bed (Russo collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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