†Sphyrna itoriensis White 1926 (hammerhead shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Sphyrna according to E. I. White 1926
Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gilmorei, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna subserrata, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oshosun, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in Nigeria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oshosun
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