Triakis Müller and Henle 1838 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Parent taxon: Triakinae according to S. Adnet and H. Cappetta 2008

See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Casier 1958, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mustelus, Palaeogaleus, Paratriakis

Subtaxa: Triakis antunesi Triakis beali Triakis chalossensis Triakis costamagnai Triakis kelleri Triakis muelleri Triakis rutimeyeri Triakis semifasciata Triakis tanoutensis Triakis wardi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (8: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Chile (1), Portugal (2), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (8), France (6), India (1), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (4), Senegal (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Virginia)

• Paleocene of Morocco (10), Togo (1), United States (2: California, South Carolina)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)

Total: 59 collections including 63 occurrences

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