Sphyrna gibbesii Hay 1902 (hammerhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868

Belongs to Sphyrna according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna arambourgi, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna integra, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna mokarran, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphyrna gibbesii in the database

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