Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Full reference: F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162

Belongs to Carcharias according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias divergens, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beaumaris

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