Pristisomus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Pristisomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian age (Middle Triassic epoch) in what is now New South Wales, Australia.[1] Fossils are derived from the Sydney sandstone.[2]
| Pristisomus Temporal range: | |
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| P. latus fossil, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Holostei |
| Genus: | †Pristisomus Woodward, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| †Pristisomus gracilis Woodward, 1890 | |
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Etymology
Pristisomus comes from the Latin 'pristis' meaning 'sea monster' or 'shark' and the Greek 'soma' meaning 'body'.
Synonymy
- Pristisomus merlei Priem, 1924 → Australosomus merlei (Priem, 1924)[3]
