Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to J. Türtscher et al. 2021
See also Case 1981, Ebersole et al. 2019, Rana et al. 2021, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Verma 2024 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo aeltrensis, Galeocerdo capellini, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo mayumbensis, Galeocerdo medius, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo platycuspidatum, Galeocerdo pygmaeus, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo similis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo sublaevis, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Type specimen: BMNH P.30501, 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:
• Eocene of India (2 collections), United States (9: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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