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Carcharhinus longimanus Poey 1861 (oceanic whitetip shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative combination: Squalus longimanus

Belongs to Carcharhinus according to A. Baldanza et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus acuarius, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, 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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina)

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)

• Miocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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