Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Galeocerdo cuvieri
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to C. Lin et al. 2022
See also Antunes 1978, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Deraniyagala 1968, dos Reis 2005, Kocsis et al. 2019, Maisch IV et al. 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Misra 1980, Purdy et al. 2001 and Türtscher et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo aeltrensis, Galeocerdo capellini, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo mayumbensis, Galeocerdo medius, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo platycuspidatum, Galeocerdo pygmaeus, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo similis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo sublaevis, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Taiwan (1), United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Libya (1), North Atlantic (2), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Angola (2), Brunei Darussalam (2), India (2), Malta (1), Panama (12), Sri Lanka (2), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene of India (1)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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