Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combination: Lamna lerichei

Full reference: E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267

Belongs to Brachycarcharias according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023

See also Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Maisch et al. 2014, Marramà et al. 2018 and Marramà et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Brachycarcharias atlasi, Brachycarcharias koerti, Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, Brachycarcharias twiggsensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (3), the United Kingdom (13), United States (11: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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