Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Full reference: D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal. 1923. Fossil sharks and rays of the Pacific slope of North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22:27-63
Belongs to Carcharias according to D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1132 - Pacific Beach, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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