Chondrichthyes - Carchariniformes

PaleoDB taxon number: 83183

Alternative spellings: Carcharhininae, Carcharinidae

Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Galeocerdidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Paratriakis, Proscylliidae, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Squatigaleus, Triakidae

Subtaxa: Abdounia, Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Carcharhinus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore