Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Carcharias according to L. Agassiz 1843
See also Agassiz 1843 and Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, 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 polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Warun Ponds Quarry (Oligocene of Australia)
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