Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal. 1923. Fossil sharks and rays of the Pacific slope of North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22:27-63
Belongs to Carcharodon according to D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal 1923
See also Boessenecker et al. 2019 and Jordan 1925
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon landanensis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon stromeri, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lomita Quarry [Lomita Marl] (Quaternary of California)
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