Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spellings: Carcharhinus (Aprionodon), Carcharias (Aprionodon)
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
See also Alessandri 1896, Bohm 1926, Case 1980, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, White 1926 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Aprionodon amekiensis Aprionodon greyegertoni Aprionodon lerichei
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Madagascar (1), Portugal (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Alabama), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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