†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