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, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Tingaleus, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Hypoprion acanthodon Hypoprion overricus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Hungary (1), India (6), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Portugal (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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