Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Type specimen: MSC 39036, a tooth. Its type locality is ACl-3 Lisbon, which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Lisbon Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Alabama collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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