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Pristiophorus striatus

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Pristiophorus striatus
Temporal range: 20.43–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Pristiophoriformes
Family: Pristiophoridae
Genus: Pristiophorus
Species:
P. striatus
Binomial name
Pristiophorus striatus

Pristiophorus striatus is an extinct species of sawshark in the genus Pristiophorus. It existed in what is now Slovakia during the Miocene epoch, and was described by Charlie J. Underwood and Jan Schlogl in 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Underwood, Charlie J.; Schlogl, Jan (2012). "Deep water chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (3): 487–509. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0101.