Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Rhizoprionodon gantourensis, Scoliodon ganntourensis
Belongs to Rhizoprionodon according to P. J. De Schutter and E. Steurbaut 2025
See also Boulemia and Adnet 2023, Cappetta and Nolf 1981, Ebersole et al. 2019, Iserbyt and De Schutter 2012, Li 1997, Mustafa et al. 2005 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Rhizoprionodon acutus, Rhizoprionodon bisulcatus, Rhizoprionodon ficheuri, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, Rhizoprionodon longurio, Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (3 collections), China (2), France (1), Jordan (1), Morocco (6), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), United States (8: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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