Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Pterolamiops longimanus, Squalus longimanus
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to A. Baldanza et al. 2025
See also Laurito and Valerio 2008, Lin et al. 2022, Marsili 2007 and Mora Morote 1996
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Taiwan (1), United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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