Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Squalus obscurus
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. D. Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014
See also Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), United States (4: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Grenada (5), Panama (11), Venezuela (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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