Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
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 Agassiz 1843, dos Reis 2005, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 and Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Angola (1 collection), Ecuador (2), the Netherlands (1)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of Austria (7), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Costa Rica (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (6), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (12), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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