Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias laevissimus, Galeocerdo laevissimus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1867. An addition to the vertebrate fauna of the Miocene period, with a synopsis of the extinct Cetacea of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19(4):138-157
Belongs to Sphyrna according to B. W. Kent 2018
See also Carrillo-BriceƱo et al. 2016, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cope 1868, Eastman 1904, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942 and Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gilmorei, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna subserrata, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena
Type specimen: Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Colombia (1), Oman (1), Poland (1), United States (3: Maryland)
• Eocene of Barbados (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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