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 (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Peccioli (Pliocene of Italy)
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