Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152
Belongs to Galeocerdo according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Case 1981, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and White 1956
Sister taxa: Galeocerdo acanthodon, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo alabamensis, Galeocerdo cuvier, Galeocerdo davisi, Galeocerdo denticulatus, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Galeocerdo egertoni, Galeocerdo gibberulus, Galeocerdo latidens, Galeocerdo minor, Galeocerdo mixtus, Galeocerdo rosaliensis, Galeocerdo semilevis, Galeocerdo subcrenatus, Galeocerdo tigrinus
Type specimen: BMNH P.30501, a tooth. Its type locality is The Rocks, which is in a Priabonian foreshore claystone in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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