Abdounia
| Abdounia | |
|---|---|
| Abdounia beaugei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | †Abdounia Cappetta, 1980 |
Abdounia is an extinct genus of requiem shark which lived during the Paleogene period, and is mainly known from isolated teeth. Abdounia is one of the earliest requiem shark genera, and attained widespread success in North America, Europe, and Africa.
Locations
Fossil Abdounia teeth are known from the Paleogene of Morocco, France, Belgium, Russia, and the United States (North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Virginia). In the lower Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia, they are the most common fossil shark tooth. By the end of the Oligocene Epoch the genus is severely reduced, probably due to competition with other Carcharhiniformes like Carcharhinus.[1]
Species
The following are species currently attributed to this genus. Note this may be an under-representation of actual diversity, as living relatives have extremely similar teeth across species.[1][2]
- Abdounia africana (Danian-Thanetian)
- Abdounia beaugei (Paleocene-Eocene)
- Abdounia belselensis (Rupelian)
- Abdounia biauriculata (Ypresian)
- Abdounia enniskelleni (Eocene)
- Abdounia furimskyi (upper Eocene-Rupelian)
- Abdounia lapierrei (Eocene)
- Abdounia lata (Priabonian)
- Abdounia minutissima (Eocene)
- Abdounia recticona (Eocene)
- Abdounia vassilyevae (Priabonian)
References
- ^ a b "elasmo.com". www.elasmo.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Malyshkina, T. P. (July 2012). "New sharks of the genus Abdounia (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Upper Eocene of the Trans-Ural Region". Paleontological Journal. 46 (4): 392–399. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..392M. doi:10.1134/S0031030112040053. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 83845167.