Alopias latidens alabamensis White 1956 (thresher shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Full reference: E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152

Belongs to Alopias latidens according to White 1956

Sister taxon: Alopias latidens carolinensis

Type specimen: BMNH P.30853, a tooth. Its type locality is The Rocks, which is in a Priabonian foreshore claystone in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at The Rocks

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