Propristiophorus
| Propristiophorus Temporal range: | |
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| Partial impression of P. tumidens (MNHN.F.SHA1593) at the National Museum of Natural History, France | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pristiophoridae |
| Genus: | †Propristiophorus Woodward, 1932 |
| Species: | †P. tumidens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Propristiophorus tumidens Woodward, 1932 | |
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Propristiophorus is an extinct genus of sawshark that lived in the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single named species, P. tumidens, from Lebanon. Additional unnamed species have been found in Antarctica, Japan, and Madagascar. Propristiophorus was previously synonymized with Pristiophorus, but more recent authors have considered it a distinct genus.