Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
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 Galeorhinus according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus girardoti, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus loangoensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus mesetaensis, Galeorhinus microdon, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus tenuis, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus falconeri, Eugaleus latus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Landana Cliffs (layer 12c), which is in a Selandian deep subtidal wackestone in the Landana Formation of Angola
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Angola (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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