Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spelling: Carcharias (Scoliodon)
Parent taxon: Scoliodontinae according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Case 1980, Case 1981, Casier 1958, Compagno 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1926, Long 1992 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Scoliodon conecuhensis Scoliodon eocenus Scoliodon longus Scoliodon taxandriae Scoliodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (7), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (3), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Barbados (2), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (5), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Alabama, Georgia, Texas)
Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences
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