Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Sphyrna elongata
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. Baut and B. Génault 1999
See also Cicimurri et al. 2025, Leriche 1926 and Szabo et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), France (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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