Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, E. Maxwell, O. A. Aguilera, R. Sánchez, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Sawfishes and other elasmobranch assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the south Caribbean (Urumaco sequence, northwestern Venezuela). PLoS One 10(e0139230)
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. D. Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus acronotus, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, 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: AMU-CURS-499, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Puente Río Urumaco (Miocene of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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