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Pristiophorus lanceolatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)285231https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=285231
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Pristiophoriformes : Pristiophoridae : Pristiophorus : Pristiophorus lanceolatus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderPristiophoriformesBerg 1958
familyPristiophoridaeBleeker 1859
genusPristiophorusBleeker 1859
speciesPristiophorus lanceolatus
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pristiophorus lanceolatusspeciesbelongs to Pristiophorusstated without evidenceKeyes, 1982
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Pristiophoriformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pristiophoriformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1888Lamna lanceolata Davis p. 20 figs. Plate III, Figs. 12, a-d
1918Pristiophorus lanceolata Chapman p. 20
1924Pristiophorus lanceolata Chapman and Cudmore p. 137
1982Pristiophorus lanceolatus Keyes p. 461
1992Pristiophorus lanceolatus Long p. 20
1998Pristiophorus lanceolatus Yabe and Hirayama p. 39

References

Davis J. W. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand, Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4, 1-48
Chapman F. (1918) Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7, 1-41
Chapman F., Cudmore F. A. (1924) New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group, Royal Society of Victoria 36 2, 107-162
Keyes I. W. (1982) The Cenozoic sawshark Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis) (Order Selachii) of New Zealand and Australia, with a review of the phylogeny and distribution of world fossil and extant Pristiophoridae, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 25 4, 459-474 doi:10.1080/00288306.1982.10421510
Long D. J. (1992) Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1, 11-32
Yabe H., Hirayama R. (1998) Selachian fauna from the Upper Miocene Senhata Formation, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan, Natural History Research 5, 33-61
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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