Carcharhinus gibbesi

(Woodward, 1889)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae

Reference of the original description
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.

Types
Carcharhinus gibbesi



Description:


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Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
1849. Galeocerdo minor, R. W. Gibbes (non Agassiz), Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. [2] vol. i. p. 192, pi. xxv. figs. 63-65. (?) 1849. Oxyrhina miunta, R. W. Gibbes (in part), tom. cit. p. 202, pi. xxvii. fig. 164.
Type. De-tached teeth. A species of moderate size, the teeth comparatively robust and broad, the coro-nal margin often feebly crimped upon the basal extensions.
Form. & Loc. Eocene: South Carolina and Alabama, U.S.A.
28103. About seventy-five teeth; South Carolina.
47006. Two teeth; South Carolina.
P. 5747. Seven tooth; South Carolina.
P. 1220. Six teeth; South Carolina.
P. 1220 a. Eleven teeth; Clarke’s Co., Alabama.
P. 2338. Twenty teeth; Clarke’s Co., Alabama.

Remarks
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References
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The chondrichthyan fossil record of the Florida Platform (Eocene–Pleistocene). Paleobiology, 48(4), 622–654
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2021.47
Cicimurri, D.J. & Knight, J.L. & Ebersole, J.A. (2022)
Early Oligocene (Rupelian) fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Ashley Formation (Cooper Group) of South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios, 39, 1–38
DOI: 10.5070/P939056976
Timmerman, J. & Chandler, R.E. (2019)
Cretaceous and Paleogene Fossils of North Carolina, A Field Guide. North Carolina Fossil Club, Durham, 70 p. 2019 Edition
Timmerman, J. & Chandler, R.E. (2008)
Cretaceous and Paleogene Fossils of North Carolina, A Field Guide. North Carolina Fossil Club, Durham, 70 p.
Robb, A.J. (2006)
Middle Eocene Shark and Ray Fossils of Texas. The Backbender's Gazette, 37(11), 9–13
Müller, A. (1999)
Ichthyofaunen aus dem atlantischen Tertiär der USA. Leipziger Geowissenschaften, 9–10, 1–360
Kent, B.W. (1994)
Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region. Egan Rees and Boyer, Inc. Columbia. 146 pp.