†Alopecias Canto 1886 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Parent taxon: Lamnidae according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Bohm 1926, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Carcharodon, Carcharoides, Cosmopolitodus, Exoles, Isurus, Lamna, Macrorhizodus, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Selanonius, Uyenoa
Subtaxa: Alopecias smithwoodwardi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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