Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111
Belongs to Prionodon according to M. Leriche 1942
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens, Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus, Prionodon egertoni, Prionodon vonderschmitti, Prionodon antiquus, Prionodon tschoppi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pocotaligo, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in South Carolina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pocotaligo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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