Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Alternative combinations: Cestracion prisca, Zygaena prisca
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Sphyrna according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Arambourg 1927, Barrois 1874, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Cope 1875, dos Reis 2005, Eastman 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna subserrata, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena
Subtaxa: Sphyrna prisca eastmani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (1), Cuba (1), Egypt (1), Madagascar (1), United States (5: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Angola (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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