†Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 (thresher shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alternative combination: Alopecias superciliosus
Belongs to Alopias according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Kent 2018 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Alopias acutidens, Alopias exigua, Alopias grandis, Alopias latidens, Alopias macrourus, Alopias palatasi, Alopias vulpinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Neogene of Madagascar (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Japan (1), Panama (3), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: North Carolina)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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