Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias brachyurus
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2025
See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Landini et al. 2019 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus acuarius, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Ecuador (1), Panama (1), Peru (4), United States (2: Delaware, North Carolina)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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