Tingaleus Cappetta 1993 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1993. Sélaciens nouveaux (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) du Paléocène supérieur de la région d'Ouarzazate, Maroc. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 67:109-122

Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to H. Cappetta 1993

Sister taxa: Abdounia, Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon

Subtaxa: Tingaleus dakkai

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Type: Tingaleus dakkai

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Adrar Mgorn 1

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