Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Adnet et al. 2007, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Case 1981, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2021, Ebersole et al. 2024, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Kent 2018, Landau et al. 2025, Landini et al. 2019, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Marramà et al. 2026, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abdounia, Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Tingaleus, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Negaprion brevirostris Negaprion eurybathrodon Negaprion gilmorei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (3), Libya (1), North Atlantic (2), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Angola (2), Austria (2), Brazil (6), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), France (1), India (3), Italy (1), Japan (4), Libya (1), Malta (5), Mexico (2), Panama (13), Peru (5), Portugal (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), United States (18: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (14)
• Oligocene of Egypt (1), Japan (7), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), United States (5: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Egypt (30), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), United States (14: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
Total: 175 collections including 188 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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