Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Parent taxon: Pristidae according to N. Tabaste 1963
See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1987, Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Suarez and Cappetta 2004
Sister taxa: Aktaua, Anoxypristis, Dalpiazia, Ganopristinae, Marckgrafia, Onchopristis, Onchosaurus, Oxypristis, Peyeria, Platyspondylus, Pristinae, Pristis, Propristis
Subtaxa: Schizorhiza stromeri Schizorhiza weileri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Jordan (2), Mali (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Niger (2), Syria (4), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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