Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to J. Frenguelli 1922
See also Ebersole et al. 2019 and Maisch et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo acanthodon, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo alabamensis, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo davisi, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo rosaliensis, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Togo (1), United States (8: Alabama, Texas), Western Sahara (3)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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