Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005

See also Gibbes 1847, Jordan 1963 and Rapp 1946

Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon

Subtaxa: Glyphis hastalis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ceylon - Miocene (Miocene of Sri Lanka)

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