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Carcharopsis wortheni

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Carcharopsis wortheni was named by Newberry and Worthen (1866).

It was recombined as Dicrenodus wortheni by Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Carcharopsis wortheni Newberry and Worthen p. 69 figs. Plate 4, Fig. 14, 14a
1902Carcharopsis wortheni Hay p. 271
1917Dicrenodus texanus Eastman p. 256
1981Dicrenodus wortheni Thurmond and Jones
1984Carcharopsis wortheni Lund and Mapes p. 711 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
genusCarcharopsis
specieswortheniNewberry and Worthen 1866

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.

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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Visean to the top of the Mississippian or 346.70000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (4 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) Carcharopsis wortheni (229642)
Pendleian326.4 - 318.1USA (Arkansas) Carcharopsis wortheni (121285 160780)