Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spelling: Carcharias (Scoliodon)
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Case 1980, Case 1981, Casier 1958, Compagno 2005, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1926, Long 1992 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Carcharias (Scoliodon) taxandriae Scoliodon conecuhensis Scoliodon terraenovae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Costa Rica (2), Germany (1), India (7), the Netherlands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Barbados (2), India (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alabama, Georgia, Texas)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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