Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Full reference: S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, H. Cappetta, A.-L. Charruault, E. M. Essid, S. Jiquel, H. K. Ammar, B. Marandat, W. Marzougui, G. Merzeraud, R. Temani, M. Vianey-Liaud, and R. Tabuce. 2020. Diversity and renewal of tropical elasmobranchs around the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) in North Africa: New data from the lagoonal deposits of Djebel el Kébar, Central Tunisia. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(2):a38

Belongs to Sphyrna according to S. Adnet et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna arambourgi, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna integra, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna mokarran, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna vespertina, Sphyrna zygaena

Type specimen: KEB 1-118, a set of teeth. Its type locality is KEB-1, Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at KEB-1, Djebel el Kébar

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.