Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to E. I. White 1926
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus acronotus, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus caquetius, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, 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 obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ameki, SE of, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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