Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias brachyurus
Synonyms: Carcharhinus lamiella Jordan and Gilbert 1883, Carcharias lamiella Jordan and Gilbert 1883
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to L. Kocsis et al. 2019
See also Cantalice et al. 2025, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2013, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Ebert 2003, Kanakoff 1956, Landau et al. 2025, Landini et al. 2017, Landini et al. 2019, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Marsili 2007 and Purdy et al. 2001
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 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 nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (4 collections), Ecuador (1), United States (4: California)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (2), Italy (2), Mexico (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Brunei Darussalam (3), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Panama (1), Peru (6), Portugal (1), United States (2: Delaware, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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