†Sphyrna tortilis 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 gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna subserrata, 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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