Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alternative combination: Squalus vulipinis
Belongs to Alopias according to J. D. Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016
See also Antunes et al. 1981, Brisswalter 2009, Cappetta and Cavallo 2006, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Fitch 1970, Kent 2018, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Landini et al. 2019, Marramà et al. 2026 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 superciliosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of France (2), Panama (2), Peru (2), Portugal (1), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, South Carolina)
• Eocene of India (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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