Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Alternative spellings: Alopiopsis (Physodon), Carcharias (Physodon)
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
See also Bohm 1926, Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Holman and Case 1988, Jordan 1963, Leriche 1942, Stromer 1910 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Carcharias (Physodon) quartus Physodon contortus Physodon secundus Physodon triqueter
Distribution:
• Miocene of Portugal (1 collection), United States (2: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Namibia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Togo (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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