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Peripristis

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

Taxonomy
Peripristis was named by St. John (1870) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ctenoptychius by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Peripristidae by Jordan (1963); to Petalodontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pristodontidae by Zangerl (1981), Lund (1989) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Peripristis St. John
1963Peripristis Jordan p. 594
1981Peripristis Zangerl p. 99
1989Peripristis Lund p. 357
2002Peripristis Sepkoski
2010Peripristis Ginter et al. p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyPristodontidaeWoodward 1889
genusPeripristisSt. John 1870

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.

G. †Peripristis St. John 1870
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Peripristis semicircularis Newberry and Worthen 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Virgilian or 358.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) P. semicircularis (133266)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) P. semicircularis (149386)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (217021 217022)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) P. semicircularis (132676 132976 132977 132978)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. semicircularis (217070)