Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013
See also Adnet et al. 2007, Adnet et al. 2020, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Case 1981, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Compagno 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Kent 2018, Landau et al. 2025, Maisch et al. 2014, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Abdounia, Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Scoliodontinae, Tingaleus, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Rhizoprionodon acutus Rhizoprionodon bisulcatus Rhizoprionodon ficheuri Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Rhizoprionodon lalandii Rhizoprionodon longurio Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections), Taiwan (1), United States (7: California, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), North Atlantic (1), Spain (3), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ecuador (1), North Atlantic (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Brazil (8), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (4), France (15), Germany (2), India (2), Madagascar (1), Malta (2), Mexico (1), Panama (5), Portugal (4), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (3), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Belgium (3), China (2), Egypt (27), France (2), India (2), Jordan (3), Morocco (7), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), United States (12: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1)
Total: 167 collections including 176 occurrences
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