Alopias hermani Kozlov 1999 (thresher shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Full reference: V. A. Kozlov. 1999. Taxonomic names, in Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Trans Urals and central Asia. Materials on the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Urals 3:1-323

Belongs to Alopias according to V. A. Kozlov 1999

Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias crochardi, Alopias denticulatus, Alopias exigua, Alopias grandis, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias subexigua, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus

Type specimen: Kz-18/224/T, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mangyshlak (Canevet collection) (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

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