Euselachii - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Parent taxon: Triakidae according to J. A. VillafanĖa et al. 2025
See also Engelbrecht et al. 2017, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Archaeotriakis, Galeorhininae, Galeorhinus, Hypogaleus, Pachygaleus, Palaeogaleus, Palaeotriakis, Paratriakis, Squatigaleus, Triakinae, Triakini, Triakis, Xystrogaleus
Subtaxa: Mustelus mustelus Mustelus punctulatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (2), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (4), Portugal (1), United States (6: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Egypt (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, Mississippi)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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