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Carcharodontidae (disused)

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Carcharodontidae

Taxonomy
Carcharodontidae was named by Gill (1892). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Carcharodontinae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Lamnidae by Hay (1902); to Odontaspidoidea by Glükman (1964) and Herman (1977); and to Lamniformes by Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Carcharodontidae Gill
1902Carcharodontinae Hay p. 307
1964Carcharodontidae Glükman p. 340
1977Carcharodontidae Herman p. 166
1996Carcharodontidae Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyOdontaspidoidea
familyCarcharodontidaeGill 1892
familyCarcharodontidaeGill 1892

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Carcharodontidae Gill 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:06:40
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:06:40
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available