Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Alternative combinations: Cestracion zygaena, Squalus zygaena
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Sphyrna according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Arambourg 1927, Case 1981, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Hay 1902, Kocsis 2007 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gilmorei, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lata, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna subserrata, Sphyrna tortilis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Costa Rica (1), France (5), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Panama (6), Peru (3), Portugal (3), Slovakia (1), United States (2: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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