Euselachii - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Scyliorhinus enniskilleni
Full reference: E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152
Belongs to Abdounia according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2026
See also Case 1981, Ebersole et al. 2019, Maisch et al. 2014, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Abdounia africana, Abdounia beaugei, Abdounia belselensis, Abdounia biauriculata, Abdounia finalis, Abdounia kashiensis, Abdounia lapierrei, Abdounia lata, Abdounia mesetae, Abdounia minutissima, Abdounia osipovae, Abdounia recticona, Abdounia richteri, Abdounia vassilyevae
Type specimen: BMNH P. 30634, a tooth. Its type locality is The Rocks, which is in a Priabonian foreshore claystone in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (24: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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