06451 - Great Collection of 7 Brachycarcharias atlasi Sand Tiger Shark Teeth Paleocene

†Brachycarcharias sp, Cappetta and Nolf 2005 (sand tiger shark)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to A. A. Mannering and N. Hiller 2008

Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Carcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Lamninae, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Pseudodontaspis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Environments: marine, coastal.

Age range: 66.043 to 33.9 Ma

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt , Germany, Senegal.

• Paleocene of New Zealand and Morocco.

Brachycarcharias sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)