†Triaenodon Mueller and Henle 1837 (requiem shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Fourriére et al. 2014, Jordan 1963 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae
Subtaxa: Triaenodon obesus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Georgia, Washington)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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