Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 (sharpnose shark)

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

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