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Pristidae (sawfish)
Taxonomy
Pristidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pachyura by Hay (1902); to Selachii by Woodward (1889) and Andrews (1906); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Sarcura by Jordan (1963); to Squatinorajiformes by Cassier (1966); to Batoidea by Miller (1967), Estes and Berberian (1970) and Storer and Johnson (1974); to Pristioidea by Jonet (1968) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Dasyatoidei by Case (1981); to Rajiformes by Estes (1964), Bryant (1989) and Underwood (2006); to Pristoidei by Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Cahuzac et al. (2007); to Pristiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Nelson et al. (2016) and Kent (2018); and to Rhinopristiformes by Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Pachyura by Hay (1902); to Selachii by Woodward (1889) and Andrews (1906); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Sarcura by Jordan (1963); to Squatinorajiformes by Cassier (1966); to Batoidea by Miller (1967), Estes and Berberian (1970) and Storer and Johnson (1974); to Pristioidea by Jonet (1968) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Dasyatoidei by Case (1981); to Rajiformes by Estes (1964), Bryant (1989) and Underwood (2006); to Pristoidei by Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Cahuzac et al. (2007); to Pristiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Nelson et al. (2016) and Kent (2018); and to Rhinopristiformes by Ebersole et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Pristidae Bonaparte |
| 1889 | Pristidae Woodward p. 73 |
| 1902 | Pristidae Hay p. 316 |
| 1906 | Pristidae Andrews p. 317 |
| 1942 | Pristidae Leriche p. 22 |
| 1963 | Pristidae Jordan p. 602 |
| 1964 | Pristidae Estes p. 13 |
| 1966 | Pristidae Cassier p. 89 |
| 1967 | Pristidae Miller p. 224 |
| 1968 | Pristidae Jonet p. 236 |
| 1970 | Pristidae Estes and Berberian p. 3 |
| 1974 | Pristidae Storer and Johnson p. 712 |
| 1981 | Pristidae Case p. 70 |
| 1981 | Pristidae Thurmond and Jones p. 70 |
| 1987 | Pristidae Cappetta p. 157 |
| 1989 | Pristidae Bryant p. 10 |
| 2001 | Pristidae Purdy et al. p. 89 |
| 2005 | Pristidae Kriwet |
| 2006 | Pristidae Underwood p. 235 |
| 2007 | Pristidae Cahuzac et al. p. 26 |
| 2016 | Pristidae Nelson et al. p. 87 |
| 2018 | Pristidae Kent p. 122 |
| 2019 | Pristidae Ebersole et al. p. 108 |
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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.
Fm. Pristidae Bonaparte 1838 [sawfish]
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G. †Aktaua Case et al. 1996
G. Pristis Linck 1790
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†Pristis acutidens Agassiz 1843
†Pristis agassizi Gibbes 1847
†Pristis amblodon Cope 1869
Pristis antiquorum Latham 1794
†Pristis aquitanicus Delfortrie 1871
†Pristis atlanticus Zbyszewski 1947
†Pristis attenuatus Cope 1869
†Pristis bassani de Zigno 1881
†Pristis bisulcatus Agassiz 1836
†Pristis brachyodon Cope 1869
†Pristis brayi Casier 1949
†Pristis caheni Dartevelle and Casier 1959
†Pristis contortus Dixon 1850
†Pristis cudmorei Chapman 1917
†Pristis curvidens Leidy 1855
†Pristis dubius Münster 1846
†Pristis ensidens Leidy 1855
†Pristis fajumensis Stromer 1905
†Pristis hamatus White 1926
†Pristis hastingsiae Agassiz 1843
†Pristis lanceolatus Jonet 1968
†Pristis mucrodens White 1926
†Pristis olbrechtsi Dartevelle and Casier 1959
†Pristis pectinatus Latham 1794
†Pristis pickeringi Case 1981
†Pristis pristis Linnaeus 1758
†Pristis prosulcatus Stromer 1905
†Pristis recurvidens Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Invalid names: Eopristis Stromer 1905 [synonym], Myriosteon Gray 1864 [synonym], Pristibatis Blainville 1825 [synonym], Pristibatys Blainville 1818 [synonym], Pristiopsis Fowler 1905 [synonym], Pristobatus Blainville 1816 [synonym]
G. †Propristis
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†Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897
Invalid names: Amblypristis Dames 1888 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ganopristinae Arambourg? [empty], Pristinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 157.30000 to 0.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 155.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 155.7 Ma
Collections (168 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Pristis dubius (67913) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Uruguay (Tacuarembó) | Pristidae indet. (219394) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian | Algeria (Illizi) | Platyspondylus foureaui (25137) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Platyspondylus foureaui (25222) | |
| Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Pristis curvidens (132558) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Agadez) | Platyspondylus foureaui (25221) | |
| Senonian - Maastrichtian | Jordan | Pristidae indet. (36256) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Niger (Zinder) | Pristidae indet. (228906) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Peyeria libyca (25325) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Illizi) | Platyspondylus foureaui (227231) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Peyeria libyca (214404 214427 214493 214508) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Ganopristinae indet. (213291) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Anoxypristis sp., Pristis sp. (128412) | |
| Paleogene | Libya | Pristis lyceensis (76981) | |
| Tertiary | USA (New Jersey) | Pristis brachyodon (84020) Pristis curvidens (84019) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | Pristis sp. (62872) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (South Carolina) | Pristis sp. (15074) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | Anoxypristis sp., Pristis sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Anoxypristis sp., Pristis sp. (209524) Anoxypristis sp., Pristis sp., Pristidae indet. (81179) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Pristis sp. (133687) | |