Peyeria Weiler 1935 (sawfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Full reference: W. Weiler. 1935. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 32:1-57

Parent taxon: Pristidae according to C. Werner 1989

See also Cappetta 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1935

Sister taxa: Aktaua, Anoxypristis, Ganopristinae, Oxypristis, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Pristis, Propristis

Subtaxa: Peyeria libyca

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Type: Peyeria libyca

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (4 collections), Morocco (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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