Pristis lathami

Pristis lathami is a species of extinct sawfish in the family Pristidae. It lived in the Eocene era, in areas in Egypt, Nigeria, Togo, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Western Sahara, in marine areas, estuaries, bays, open shallow subtidal areas, coastal, marginal marine areas, deep waters, offshore, and fluvial-deltaic areas.[1] P. lathami has 53 occurrences,[2] with 1 being found in Egypt with a rostal tooth about 10 cm in length.[3]

Pristis lathami
Temporal range: Eocene,
48.6–28.4 Ma
Fossil rostal teeth of Pristis lathami from Khouribga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Pristiformes
Family:
Pristidae
Genus:
Pristis
Species:
†P. lathami
Binomial name
†Pristis lathami
Galeotti, 1837

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Pristis lathami". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  3. "Occurrence Detail 1039414027". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.


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