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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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