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Sphyrna arambourgi

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Sphyrna arambourgi
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Sphyrnidae
Genus: Sphyrna
Species:
S. arambourgi
Binomial name
Sphyrna arambourgi
(Cappeta, 1970)

Sphyrna arambourgi is an extinct species of hammer shark that lived in Miocene period.[1] It coexisted with Megalodon, Physogaleus, Prionace glauca, Carcharhinus sp-f, Galeocerdo mayumbensis in Burdigalian and Langhian and other species.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Ward, David J.; Bonavia, Charles Galea (December 2001). "Additions to, and a review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta". The Central Mediterranean Naturalist. 3 (3): 131–146. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ Reinecke, Thomas; Louwye, S; Havekost, Uwe; Moths, Herbert (2011). "The elasmobranch fauna of the late Burdigalian, Miocene, at Werder-Uesen, Lower Saxony, Germany, and its relationships with Early Miocene faunas in the North Atlantic, Central Paratethys and Mediterranean" (PDF). Paleontons. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ Bor, Taco; Reinecke, T.J.; Verschueren, Sylvia (December 2012). "Miocene Chondrichthyes from Winterswijk - Miste, the Netherlands". Paleontos. Retrieved 7 October 2024.