Carcharhinus egertoni is an extinct species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae. This shark falls under the genus Carcharhinus, putting it with other well-known sharks in its genus including reef sharks, the oceanic whitetip shark, and the bull shark. C. egertoni lived during the Neogene from 23 to 2.59 mya has been found to have occurred in all continents except Australia and Antartica.
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Miocene Calvert Formation, United States Pirabas Formation, Brazil Pisco Formation, Peru Camacho Formation, Uruguay Portugal Baripada Limestone, India Higashi-Innai Formation, Sekinobana Formation, Suso Formation, Hannoura Formation, Japan
Pliocene Onzole Formation, Ecuador Luanda Formation, Angola Villamagna Formation, Italy
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