Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Synonyms: Carcharias (Physodon) tertius Winkler 1874, Galeorhinus formosus Arambourg 1952, Physodon tertius Winkler 1874, Trigonodus tertius Winkler 1874
Belongs to Physogaleus according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023
See also Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Leriche 1926 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Physogaleus contortus, Physogaleus cuvieri, Physogaleus hemmooriensis, Physogaleus onkensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Northwest Territory collections), Morocco (8), Senegal (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (16: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas), Uzbekistan (2)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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