Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combinations: Carcharodon polygurus, Carcharodon polygyrus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Carcharias according to L. Agassiz 1838

See also Agassiz 1843, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Clark 1895, Marsili et al. 2007 and Rapp 1946

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias divergens, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peccioli (Pliocene of Italy)

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