Physodon contortus Gervais 1872 (requiem shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Belongs to Physodon according to W. Weiler 1938

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Physodon) quartus, Physodon secundus, Physodon triqueter

Subtaxa: Physodon contortus hassiae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Budapest, Ujlaki Teglagyar (Oligocene of Hungary)

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