Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus, Carcharias aculeatus, Galeocerdo aculeatus
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48
Belongs to Carcharhinus (Prionodon) according to N. S. Pledge 1967
See also Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Davis 1888, Hector 1894 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens, Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah, Prionodon antiquus, Prionodon carolinensis, Prionodon egertoni, Prionodon tschoppi, Prionodon vonderschmitti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coleridge Gully, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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