Pristisomus

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: Anisian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Other species
†P. latus Woodward, 1890 †P. crassus Woodward, 1890

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]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish