Loxodon Müller and Henle 1838 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2008

See also Compagno 2005, Jordan 1963 and Lydekker 1880

Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Loxodon in the database

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