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 D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Alessandri 1896, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Subtaxa: Negaprion gibbesi gilmorei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (3: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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