Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42
Belongs to Prionodon according to M. Leriche 1938
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon) aculeatus, Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens, Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah, Prionodon antiquus, Prionodon carolinensis, Prionodon egertoni, Prionodon vonderschmitti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colombia, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Mexico
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Colombia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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