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†Carcharhinus elongatus Leriche 1910 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative combination: Sphyrna elongata

Belongs to Carcharhinus according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025

See also Leriche 1926 and Szabo et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus acuarius, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Hungary (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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