Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152
Belongs to Hemipristis according to G. R. Case 1981
See also White 1956
Sister taxa: Hemipristis curvatus, Hemipristis cyclodonta, Hemipristis elongata, Hemipristis elongatus, Hemipristis heteropleurus, Hemipristis intermedia, Hemipristis lavigniensis, Hemipristis serra, Hemipristis tanakai
Type specimen: BMNH P. 30521, 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:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (6: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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