Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spellings: Carcharhinus (Prionace), Carcharias (Prionace)
Full reference: T. E. Cantor. 1849. Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18(2):981-1443
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Cantor 1849, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Tingaleus, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Prionace glauca
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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