Tethylamna dunni Cappetta and Case 2016 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 2016. A selachian fauna from the middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 307:43-103

Belongs to Tethylamna according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 2016

See also Ebersole et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM-PAD 59, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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