Triakis wardi Cappetta 1976 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1976. Sélaciens nouveaux du London Clay de l'Essex (Yprésien du bassin de Londres). Geobios 9:551-575

Belongs to Triakis according to R. M. Leder 2013

See also Bor 1985 and Cappetta 1976

Sister taxa: Triakis antunesi, Triakis beali, Triakis chalossensis, Triakis costamagnai, Triakis kelleri, Triakis muelleri, Triakis rutimeyeri, Triakis semifasciata, Triakis tanoutensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Burnham on Crouch, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (3 collections), the Netherlands (4), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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