Negaprion eurybathrodon
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Negaprion eurybathrodon is an extinct species of lemon shark
which existed in what is now the United States
during the Miocene
period. It was described by Blake in 1862.
Negaprion
Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks, family Carcharhinidae, containing the two extant species of lemon sharks: the lemon shark of the Americas, and the sicklefin lemon shark of the Indo-Pacific...
which existed in what is now the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
during the Miocene
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
period. It was described by Blake in 1862.