Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 (bigeye thresher)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Alternative combination: Alopecias superciliosus

Belongs to Alopias according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2019

See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Brisswalter 2009, Cappetta et al. 2016, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Cigala Fulgosi et al. 2009, Karasawa 1989, Kent 2018, Landini et al. 2019 and Purdy et al. 2001

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)

• Miocene of Chile (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), France (4), Japan (1), Panama (3), Peru (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Czechia (3)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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