Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias subauriculatus, Carcharocles chubutensis
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (10me, 12me livraison) 141-156
Belongs to Carcharodon according to S. Marsili et al. 2007
See also Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Aguilera and de Aguilera 2004, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Kent 2018, Landini et al. 2019, Pimiento et al. 2013 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon auriculatus, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (3 collections), Colombia (1), Italy (1), Panama (5), Peru (3), United States (3: Delaware, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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