Negaprion eurybathrodon
Appearance
Negaprion eurybathrodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Negaprion |
Species: | N. eurybathrodon
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Binomial name | |
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake, 1862
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Synonyms | |
Lamna eurybathrodon |
Negaprion eurybathrodon is an extinct species of lemon shark, which existed globally from the Late Eocene to the Pliocene.[1] It was described by Blake in 1862.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of Negaprion eurybathrodon have been found in:[1]
- Eocene
- Miocene
- Punta Judas Formation, Costa Rica
- Bolognano Formation, Italy
- Blue Clay Formation and Globigerina Limestone, Malta
- Portugal
- Dam Formation, Saudi Arabia
- Cantaure Formation, Venezuela
- Pliocene
References
[edit]- ^ a b Negaprion eurybathrodon at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tertiary research, Volumes 12-13, by the Tertiary Research Group (Great Britain), 1990.
Categories:
- Negaprion
- Miocene sharks
- Eocene fish of Asia
- Fossils of Pakistan
- Prehistoric fish of Europe
- Miocene animals of Europe
- Fossils of Italy
- Fossils of Malta
- Fossils of Portugal
- Eocene fish of North America
- Fossils of Costa Rica
- Fossils of the United States
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Miocene animals of South America
- Pliocene animals of South America
- Neogene Ecuador
- Fossils of Ecuador
- Neogene Venezuela
- Fossils of Venezuela
- Fossil taxa described in 1862
- Prehistoric shark stubs