Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 (sand shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combination: Carcharias (Odontaspis) taurus

Belongs to Carcharias according to B. W. Kent 2018

See also Arambourg 1927, Biddle 1993, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Hay 1902, Marsili et al. 2007, Purdy et al. 2001, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 and Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), France (1), United States (6: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Angola (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), Spain (4), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Australia (4), Belgium (1), Cuba (1), Grenada (1), Malta (5), Peru (2), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1), United States (4: Florida)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence

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