Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharhinus perezii, Platypodon perezi
Belongs to Carcharhinus according to C. Pimiento et al. 2013
See also dos Reis 2005, Kent 2018 and 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 obscurus, Carcharhinus perseus, Carcharhinus plumbeus, Carcharhinus porosus, Carcharhinus priscus, Carcharhinus sorrah
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene of Panama (2), Portugal (1), United States (2: Delaware, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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