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Pristis

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Pristis Linck
1816Pristobatus Blainville
1818Pristibatys Blainville
1825Pristibatis Blainville
1864Myriosteon Gray
1889Pristis Woodward p. 72
1894Pristis Jaekel p. 62
1902Pristis Hay p. 316
1905Pristiopsis Fowler
1905Pristis (Eopristis) Stromer p. 52
1906Pristis Andrews p. 317
1906Eopristis Andrews p. 318
1926Pristis White p. 50
1942Pristis Leriche p. 22
1946Pristis Casier p. 97
1946Pristis Rapp p. 510
1963Eopristis Jordan p. 602
1963Myriosteon Jordan p. 602
1963Pristibatis Jordan p. 602
1963Pristiopsis Jordan p. 602
1963Pristis Jordan p. 602
1968Pristis Jonet p. 236
1981Pristis Case p. 70
1981Pristis Thurmond and Jones p. 72
1987Pristis Cappetta p. 158
2001Pristis Purdy et al. p. 89
2002Pristis Sepkoski
2005Pristis Kriwet
2007Pristis Cahuzac et al. p. 26
2007Pristis Cicimurri p. 597
2014Pristis Maisch et al. p. 193
2018Pristis Kent p. 122
2019Pristis Ebersole et al. p. 110
2020Pristis Adnet et al. p. 27
2020Pristis Collareta et al. p. 93

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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
genusPristisLinck 1790

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. 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 lathami Galeotti 1837
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Invalid names: Pristis parisiensis Gervais 1852 [synonym]
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]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 161.20000 to 0.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 155.7 Ma

Collections (125 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) P. dubius (67913)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) P. curvidens (132558)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (128412)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Libya P. lyceensis (76981)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588USA (New Jersey) P. brachyodon (84020) P. curvidens (84019)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (62872)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (15074)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal P. sp. (209379)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. sp. (81179 209524)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) P. sp. (133687)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) P. brachyodon (84057)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. luthami (15595)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan P. sp. (62573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo P. lathami (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) P. lathami (209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Peru (Ica) P. sp. (208345)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal P. sp. (209380)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. lathami (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. sp. (209521) P. sp., P. lathami (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria P. lahtami (187560) P. lathami (77257) P. lathami, P. mucrodens, P. hamatus (60711)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt P. lathami (137538 137541) P. sp. (137540)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) P. sp. (53666)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) P. sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Libya P. sp. (49942)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) P. lathami (3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Western Sahara P. lathami (175734)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria P. lathami, P. mucrodens, P. hamatus (32905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) P. sp. (173640)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) P. curvidens (5387)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (81266 81278 176944 205834)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy (Verona) P. bassani (48159)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) P. lathami (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (New Jersey) P. amblodon (84022)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) P. bisulcatus (42639)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya P. sp. (48077 55449)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt P. lathami (137546 137548 137551 137554) P. sp. (137568 137569 137570 137586 137588) P. sp., P. lathami (96952 137579 137582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) P. sp. (74737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) P. lathami (55251 75638) P. sp. (32925)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) P. lathami (72046)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) P. sp. (45637)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara P. lathami (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (45630)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) P. sp. (16549)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. lathami (73434) P. pickeringi (71975)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) P. cudmorei (159896)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. bisulcatus (42640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt P. fajumensis, P. lathami (62468)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru P. sp. (199563)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan P. lathami (150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) P. lathami (78520)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) P. sp. (159349)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) P. recurvidens (28307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Egypt P. sp. (123296)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) P. sp. (118106)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) P. ensidens (18506)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) P. aquitanicus (84060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) P. amblodon (18587)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) P. aquitanicus (36628)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Gironde ) P. aquitanicus (161755)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) P. sp. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) P. aquitanus (155253)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. aquitanicus (187577)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. sp. (18586)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt P. sp. (53970)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) P. sp. (161934)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) P. recurvidens (171289)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal P. atlanticus (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62India (Gujarat) P. sp. (203629)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru P. sp. (176135)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) P. sp. (161381)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) P. aquitanicus (46343 46360 46365 46366)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176156)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) P. sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama P. sp. (187583)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Portugal P. atlanticus (91413)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela P. sp. (200111)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) P. sp. (81491)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176133 176162)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela P. pectinata (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) P. perotteti, P. pristis (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan P. sp. (51997)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal P. sp. (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) P. sp. (162452)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Portugal P. lanceolatus (65939)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) P. sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) P. recurvidens (46167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. sp., P. pectinatus (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola P. sp. (154111)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. sp. (20400 58089)