Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens Eastman 1904 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative combination: Carcharias incidens

Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1904. Systematic Paleontology: Pisces. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene, Text 71-93

Belongs to Carcharias (Prionodon) according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924

See also Eastman 1904

Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon) aculeatus, Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah, Prionodon antiquus, Prionodon carolinensis, Prionodon egertoni, Prionodon tschoppi, Prionodon vonderschmitti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Red Hill, Shelford (Oligocene of Australia)

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