Isogomphodon aikenensis Cicimurri and Knight 2019 (daggernose shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Full reference: D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight. 2019. Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios 36(43964):1-31

Belongs to Isogomphodon according to D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight 2019

Sister taxon: Isogomphodon acuarias

Type specimen: SC2013.38.110, a tooth (upper anterior tooth). Its type locality is South Aiken Site, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Dry Branch Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at South Aiken Site

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