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Propristis

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Amblypristis Dames
1889Propristis Woodward p. 76
1906Propristis Andrews p. 318
1926Propristis White p. 49
1963Amblypristis Jordan p. 602
1963Propristis Jordan p. 602
1981Propristis Case p. 71
1987Propristis Cappetta p. 158
2002Propristis Sepkoski
2019Propristis Ebersole et al. p. 110
2020Propristis Adnet et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRhinopristiformesLast et al. 2016
familyPristidaeBonaparte 1838
genusPropristis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Amblypristis Dames 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. schweinfurthi (15595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo P. schweinfurthi (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. schweinfurthi (41989 41992)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria P. schweinfurthi (60711)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt P. sp. (137537 137538 137541)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Egypt P. schweinfurthi (62459)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. schweinfurthi (81266 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria P. schweinfurthi (32905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Western Sahara P. schweinfurthi (175734)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) P. schweinfurthi (173640)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt P. schweinfurthi (42054) P. scweinfurthi (42052)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. schweinfurthi (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) P. schweinfurthi (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt P. schweinfurthi (79700 96952) P. sp. (137554 137556 137579 137584)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara P. schweinfurthi (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) P. schweinfurthi (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. schweinfurthi (73434)