Abdounia lapierrei Cappetta and Nolf 1981 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta and D. Nolf. 1981. Les sélaciens de l'Auversien de Ronquerolles (Eocène supérieur du Bassin de Paris). Mededelingen Van De Werkgroep Voor Tertiaire En Kwartaire Geologie 18:87-107

Belongs to Abdounia according to P. J. De Schutter and E. Steurbaut 2025

See also Cappetta and Nolf 1981, Leder 2013, Li 1997 and Trif et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Abdounia africana, Abdounia beaugei, Abdounia belselensis, Abdounia biauriculata, Abdounia enniskilleni, Abdounia finalis, Abdounia kashiensis, Abdounia lata, Abdounia mesetae, Abdounia minutissima, Abdounia osipovae, Abdounia recticona, Abdounia richteri, Abdounia vassilyevae

Type specimen: RON 23, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), China (1), France (1), Romania (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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