Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combination: Squalus obscurus
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to H. M. Maisch IV et al. 2025
See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015, Cook et al. 2010, Lin et al. 2022, Marsili 2007 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Carcharhinus (Prionodon), 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 leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, 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, Carcharhinus sorrah, Carcharhinus tingae, Carcharhinus tjutjot
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Taiwan (1), United States (5: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Grenada (5), Panama (11), Venezuela (7)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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