†Alopias exigua Probst 1879 (thresher shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alternative combination: Oxyrhina exigua
Belongs to Alopias according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2020
See also Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926 and Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias grandis, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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