Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1992. Carcharhiniformes nouveaux (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) de l'Ypresien du Bassin de Paris. Geobios 25(2):639-646
Parent taxon: Galeorhinini according to S. Adnet and H. Cappetta 2008
See also Case et al. 2015, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus, Gomphogaleus, Hypogaleus, Khouribgaleus
Subtaxa: Pachygaleus lefevrei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (7: Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (2)
• Paleocene of France (9), United States (2: Mississippi, New Jersey)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
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