Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
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 Carcharodon according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, 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 productus, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection)
• Eocene of Angola (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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