Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Abdounia minutissimus, Otodus minutissimus
Belongs to Abdounia according to P. J. De Schutter and E. Steurbaut 2025
See also Adnet 2006, Baut and Génault 1995, Bauzá and Gómez Pallerola 1988, Bor 1985, Cappetta and Case 2016, Casier 1946, Casier 1947, Casier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977, Nolf 1988 and Popov et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Abdounia africana, Abdounia beaugei, Abdounia belselensis, Abdounia biauriculata, Abdounia enniskilleni, Abdounia finalis, Abdounia lapierrei, Abdounia lata, Abdounia mesetae, Abdounia osipovae, Abdounia recticona, Abdounia richteri, Abdounia vassilyevae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (4 collections), Egypt (8), France (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: Alabama, Virginia)
• Paleocene of France (4)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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