†Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 (requiem shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias (Scoliodon) taxandriae
Full reference: M. E. Leriche. 1926. Les poissons tertiaires de Belgique. IV. Les poissons néogènes. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 32:367-472
Belongs to Scoliodon according to M. T. Antunes et al. 1981
See also Bengevoord 1973 and Leriche 1926
Sister taxa: Scoliodon conecuhensis, Scoliodon eocenus, Scoliodon longus, Scoliodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Germany (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (1), Portugal (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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