Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Full reference: D. J. Cicimurri, J. A. Ebersole, G. L. Stringer, J. E. Starnes, and G. E. Phillips. 2025. Late Oligocene fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) from the Catahoula Formation in Wayne County, Mississippi, USA. European Journal of Taxonomy 984(3904):1-131
Belongs to Hemipristis according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Hemipristis curvatus, Hemipristis cyclodonta, Hemipristis elongata, Hemipristis elongatus, Hemipristis heteropleurus, Hemipristis lavigniensis, Hemipristis serra, Hemipristis tanakai, Hemipristis wyattdurhami
Type specimen: SC2013.28.73, a tooth. Its type locality is Jones Branch, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Catahoula Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jones Branch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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