Hypoprion Muller and Henle 1838 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative spelling: Carcharias (Hypoprion)

Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to W. Kiessling 2003

See also Casier 1946, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1926 and White 1926

Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon

Subtaxa: Hypoprion overricus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), India (6), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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