Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48
Belongs to Pristiophorus according to H. Yabe and R. Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Pristiophorus cirratus, Pristiophorus japonicus, Pristiophorus lacipidinensis, Pristiophorus laevis, Pristiophorus lanceolata, Pristiophorus lineatus, Pristiophorus napierensis, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Pristiophorus pricei, Pristiophorus schroederi, Pristiophorus smithi, Pristiophorus striatus, Pristiophorus suevicus, Pristiophorus tumidens
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (7)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (4)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (5)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), New Zealand (5)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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