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Genus: | †Pristisomus Woodward, 1890
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†Pristisomus gracilis Woodward, 1890
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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 comes from the Latin 'pristis' meaning 'sea monster' or 'shark' and the Greek 'soma' meaning 'body'.