Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Synonyms: Carcharias (Aprion) brevis Probst 1878, Carcharias (Aprion) stellatus Probst 1878, Carcharias (Scoliodon) kraussi Probst 1878
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2020
See also Pollerspöck and Beaury 2014 and Vialle et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus acronotus, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus caquetius, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, 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 sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), North Atlantic (1), Spain (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Miocene of Austria (8), Belgium (6), Costa Rica (3), Czechia (1), France (15), Germany (2), Hungary (1), India (1), Japan (14), Madagascar (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (3), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 82 collections including 83 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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