Alopias grandis Leriche 1942 (thresher shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Alternative combination: Alopecias grandis

Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111

Belongs to Alopias according to B. W. Kent 2018

See also Casier 1958, Casier 1966 and Leriche 1942

Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias exigua, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nomini Cliffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Eocene of Barbados (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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