†Carcharoides totuserratus Ameghino 1901 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. L' age des Formations sedimentaires de Patagonie. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 52:189-197
Belongs to Carcharoides according to J. A. VillafanĖa et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1901, Balbino and Antunes 2007, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Pledge 1967 and Suarez et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Carcharoides catticus, Carcharoides tenuidens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (2), Chile (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (4)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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