Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias collata
Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1904. Systematic Paleontology: Pisces. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene, Text 71-93
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to N. S. Pledge 1967
See also Chapman and Cudmore 1924 and Eastman 1904
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus caquetius, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Type specimen: Its type locality is Plum Point, south, Zone 10, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), Poland (1), United States (2: Maryland)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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