Triakis Müller and Henle 1838 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Parent taxon: Triakidae according to B. Cahuzac et al. 2007

See also Casier 1958, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeotriakis, Galeorhininae, Galeorhinus, Hypogaleus, Mustelus, Pachygaleus, Palaeogaleus, Palaeotriakis, Paratriakis, Squatigaleus, Triakinae, Triakini, Xystrogaleus

Subtaxa: Triakis antunesi Triakis beali Triakis chalossensis Triakis rutimeyeri Triakis tanoutensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• MN 13 of Portugal (2)

• Miocene of Malta (1), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (5), France (2), Jordan (1), Senegal (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Virginia)

• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Morocco (10), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)

Total: 38 collections including 40 occurrences

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