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 denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna subserrata, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Djebel el Kébar

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.