Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 (lemon shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Belongs to Negaprion according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Antunes 1977 and Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Negaprion eurybathrodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Alabama, Florida, Georgia collections)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Libya (1), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Panama (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Panama (11), Peru (3), United States (10: Florida, North Carolina)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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