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Carcharopsis

Chondrichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Carcharopsis Agassiz p. 174
1902Carcharopsis Hay p. 271
1963Carcharopsis Jordan p. 593
2008Carcharopsis Duffin and Cuny p. 182
2010Carcharopsis Ginter et al. p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
genusCarcharopsis

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.

G. †Carcharopsis Agassiz 1843
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†Carcharopsis prototypus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharopsis wortheni Newberry and Worthen 1866
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Invalid names: Dicrenodus texanus Eastman 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 336.00000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alabama) Dicrenodus wortheni (84103)
Visean346.7 - 330.9USA (California) C. wortheni (229642)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) C. prototypus (90646 90647)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) C. prototypus (90648)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) C. wortheni (121285 160780)