Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias laevissimus, Galeocerdo laevissimus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1867. An addition to the vertebrate fauna of the Miocene period, with a synopsis of the extinct Cetacea of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19(4):138-157
Belongs to Sphyrna according to S. Everaert et al. 2019
See also Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cope 1868, Eastman 1904, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942 and Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna arambourgi, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna integra, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna mokarran, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena
Type specimen: Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Brazil (9), Colombia (1), Oman (1), Poland (1), United States (3: Maryland), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene of Barbados (2)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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