Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Parent taxon: Rhinopristiformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Andrews 1906, Bryant 1989, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1987, Case 1981, Cassier 1966, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hay 1902, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Kriwet 2005, Leriche 1942, Miller 1967, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Storer and Johnson 1974, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Atlantobatis, Microbatis, Rhinidae, Rhynchobatidae, Sowibatos, Tlalocbatos
Subtaxa: Aktaua Anoxypristis Ganopristinae Oxypristis Peyeria Platyspondylus Pristinae Pristis Propristis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Colombia (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Egypt (2), France (2), India (5), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Peru (6), Portugal (6), Spain (1), United States (7: Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2), Peru (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Egypt (33), Italy (1), Libya (3), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (28: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Paleogene of Libya (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Egypt (4), Jordan (1), Morocco (1), Niger (2), United States (3: New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 168 collections including 235 occurrences