Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1992. Carcharhiniformes nouveaux (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) de l'Ypresien du Bassin de Paris. Geobios 25(2):639-646
Parent taxon: Triakidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Case et al. 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeotriakis, Galeorhininae, Hypogaleus, Mustelus, Palaeogaleus, Palaeotriakis, Paratriakis, Squatigaleus, Triakinae, Triakini, Triakis, Xystrogaleus
Subtaxa: Pachygaleus lefevrei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (6: Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Mississippi, New Jersey)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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