Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias (Physodon) ficheuri, Rhizoprionodon fischeuri
Synonyms: Physodon miocaenicus Jonet 1966, Physodon miocaenus Jonet 1966
Belongs to Rhizoprionodon according to J. Pollerspöck and N. Straube 2017
See also Andrianavalona et al. 2015, Brisswalter 2009, Landau et al. 2025, Mas 2010, Mora Morote 1996 and Vialle et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Rhizoprionodon acutus, Rhizoprionodon bisulcatus, Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, Rhizoprionodon longurio, Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Spain (3 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Costa Rica (1), France (8), Germany (1), Madagascar (1), Portugal (1), United States (3: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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