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 H. M. Maisch IV et al. 2018
See also Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Kent 2018 and Leriche 1942
Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias crochardi, Alopias denticulatus, Alopias exigua, Alopias hermani, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias subexigua, 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:
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (2 collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: South Carolina, Virginia)
• Eocene of Barbados (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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