Anoxypristis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Pristidae
Genus: Anoxypristis
Species: Anoxypristis cuspidata
Name

Anoxypristis White & Moy-Thomas, 1941

Type species: Pristis cuspidatus Latham, 1794

Etymology: oxys (= sharp); pristis (= saw), referring to blade-like teeth of saw-like rostrum; the prefix an- (= not), was added to avoid homonymny. (From The ETYFish project)
Synonyms

Oxypristis Hoffman, 1912

Anoxypristis cuspidata

References

Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page.
White, E.I. & Moy-Thomas, J.A. 1941. Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes. III. Homonyms M-Z. Annales and Magazine of Natural History 7: 395-400. Reference page.