Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1990. The Eocene selachian fauna from the Fayum Depression in Egypt. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212(Lfg. 1-6):1-30
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2020
See also Case and Cappetta 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (3 collections), Tunisia (1), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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