Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Belongs to Alopias according to S. Everaert et al. 2019
See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Nolf 1988, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias crochardi, Alopias denticulatus, Alopias exigua, Alopias grandis, Alopias hermani, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus
Subtaxa: Alopias latidens carolinensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Japan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), Kazakhstan (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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