Alopias subexigua Dartevelle and Casier 1959 (thresher shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Belongs to Alopias according to H. A. Mustafa et al. 2005

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Thuleithuwat (Eocene of Jordan)

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