Chondrichthyes - Carchariniformes

PaleoDB taxon number: 83183

Alternative spelling: Carcharinidae

Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to B. W. Kent 2018

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

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore