Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Synonyms: Carcharodon bigelowi Mehortra et al. 1973, Galeocerdo casei Müller 1999, Galeocerdo paulinoi Santos and Travassos 1960
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):1-200
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2025
See also Aguilera et al. 2017, Andrianavalona et al. 2015, Argyriou et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Costa et al. 2009, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, dos Reis 2005, Maisch IV et al. 2025 and Türtscher et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo aeltrensis, Galeocerdo capellini, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo medius, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo platycuspidatum, Galeocerdo pygmaeus, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo similis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo sublaevis, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Brazil (10), India (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Angola (2), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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