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 denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gilmorei, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna subserrata, 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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