Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias leucas
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to H. M. Maisch IV et al. 2025
See also Antunes and Balbino 2004, Ávila et al. 2012, Betancort et al. 2016, Cantalice et al. 2025, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Cook et al. 2010, García et al. 2011, Kent 2018, Landini et al. 2017, Landini et al. 2019, Lin et al. 2022, Marsili 2007, Nakai 2020 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), Carcharhinus acanthodon, Carcharhinus ackermannii, Carcharhinus acronotus, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus altimus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus bhubanicus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus brevipinna, Carcharhinus caquetius, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus collatus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus galapagensis, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus obscurus, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Taiwan (1), United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (2), Portugal (2), Spain (6), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Panama (2), Peru (6), Portugal (2), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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