Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Squalus obscurus
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to J. D. Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus ackermani, Carcharhinus acuarius, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus amboinensis, Carcharhinus antiquus, Carcharhinus balochenisis, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus cionei, Carcharhinus dicelmai, Carcharhinus egertoni, Carcharhinus elongatus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus frequens, Carcharhinus gibbesii, Carcharhinus gilmorei, Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus lamia, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus longimanus, Carcharhinus macloti, Carcharhinus magdalenae, Carcharhinus malembeensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Carcharhinus marcaisi, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus nigeriensis, Carcharhinus perezi, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sealei, Carcharhinus signatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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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