†Pucapristis branisi Schaeffer 1963 (ray)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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