Carcharias eocaenus Woodward 1889 (sand shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613

Belongs to Carcharias according to A. S. Woodward 1889

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 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

Type specimen: BMNH 43135, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharias eocaenus in the database

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