†Prionodon tschoppi Leriche 1938 (blue shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42
Belongs to Prionodon according to M. Leriche 1938
Sister taxa: Prionodon antiquus, Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus, Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens, Prionodon vonderschmitti, Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Prionodon egertoni, Prionodon carolinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colombia, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Mexico
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Colombia
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