Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Glyphis egertoni
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus acuarius, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Angola (1 collection), Ecuador (3), Greece (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Brazil (3), India (2), Japan (4), Peru (2), Portugal (2), United States (1: Maryland), Uruguay (2)
• Oligocene of Angola (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Barbados (2)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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