Galeocerdo mayumbensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2:1-200

Belongs to Galeocerdo according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2025

See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943

Sister taxa: Galeocerdo acanthodon, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo alabamensis, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo davisi, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo platycuspidatum, Galeocerdo rosaliensis, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo tigrinus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene of Angola (2)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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