Carcharhinus perseus Adnet et al. 2007 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: S. Adnet, P. -O. Antoine, S. R. Hassan Baqri, J. Crochet, L. Marivaux, J. Welcomme, and G. Métais. 2007. New tropical carcharhinids (chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes) from the late Eocene–early Oligocene of Balochistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):303-323

Belongs to Carcharhinus according to S. Adnet et al. 2007

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 plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah

Type specimen: UMC-DBC-S9, a tooth. Its type locality is Kumbi, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Pakistan (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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