Zygaena Cuvier 1816 (hammerhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Parent taxon: Sphyrnidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cestrorhinus, Eusphyra, Platysqualus, Reniceps, Sphyra, Sphyrichthys, Sphyrna, Sphyrnias

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shiloh Marl (Miocene of New Jersey)

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