Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharhinus (Aprionodon) gibbesii, Carcharhinus gibbesi, Carcharias (Aprionodon) gibbesi, Carcharias (Aprionodon) gibbesii, Negaprion gibbesi, Prionodon gibbesi
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. D. Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016
See also Alessandri 1896, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus acronotus, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus caquetius, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Subtaxa: Negaprion gibbesi gilmorei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Colombia (1), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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