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 and Li 1997

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), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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