†family Pseudocarchariidae Compagno 1973 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025

See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae, Xiphodolamiidae

Subtaxa: Pseudocarcharias

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• MN 13 of Portugal (1 collection)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Panama (2), Portugal (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Jordan (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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