†Leptocharias Müller and Henle 1837 (ground shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Parent taxon: Leptochariidae according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2008
See also Adnet et al. 2020 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Leptocharias cretaceus Leptocharias tunisiensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (5 collections), Tunisia (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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