Carcharhinus dicelmai

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Carcharhinus dicelmai
Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species:
C. dicelmai
Binomial name
Carcharhinus dicelmai
Collareta et. al., 2022

Carcharhinus dicelmai is an extinct species of carcharhinid chondrichthyan in the genus Carcharhinus that lived during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Carcharhinus dicelmai is known from the Chilcatay Formation of Peru. [1]

References

  1. Collareta, Alberto; Kindlimann, René; Baglioni, Alessio; Landini, Walter; Sarti, Giovanni; Altamirano, Alí; Urbina, Mario; Bianucci, Giovanni (10 October 2022). "Dental Morphology, Palaeoecology and Palaeobiogeographic Significance of a New Species of Requiem Shark (Genus Carcharhinus) from the Lower Miocene of Peru (East Pisco Basin, Chilcatay Formation)". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering . 10 (10): 1466. Bibcode:2022JMSE...10.1466C. doi: 10.3390/jmse10101466 . ISSN   2077-1312.