Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alternative combination: Squalus vulipinis
Belongs to Alopias according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Kent 2018, Kumar and Loyal 1987 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias exigua, Alopias grandis, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias superciliosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of Libya (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Panama (2), Peru (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, South Carolina)
• Eocene of India (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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