Carcharodon lanciformis Gibbes 1847 (white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1847. Monograph of the fossil Squalidae of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(3):139-147

Belongs to Carcharodon according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon productus, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon stromeri, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharodon lanciformis in the database

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