Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
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 Sphyrna according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Casier 1958
Sister taxa: Sphyrna arambourgi, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna integra, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, 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 Ashley River (Miocene Marl), which is in a Miocene marine marl in South Carolina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ashley River (Miocene Marl)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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