Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1926. New sharks from the Temblor Group in Kern County, California collected by Charles Morrice. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(8):257-261
Belongs to Carcharodon according to D. S. Jordan 1926
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon auriculatus, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus
Type specimen: CAS 1861, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill (Miocene of California)
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