Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Pseudabdounia claibornensis Pseudabdounia recticonus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: Alabama collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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