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Carcharias hopei

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) hopei was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was recombined as Lamna hopei by Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Odontaspis hopei by Alessandri (1896) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) hopei by Casier (1946), Casier (1958) and Cassier (1966); it was recombined as Carcharias hopei by Otero et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. khderii, C. koerti, C. kraussi, C. schwimmeri, C. tricuspidatus, C. twiggsensis, C. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna hopei Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 27-30
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) hopei Agassiz p. 293 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 27, 28, 30
1847Lamna (Odontaspis) hopei Gibbes p. 198
1896Odontaspis hopei Alessandri p. 720
1946Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) hopei Casier p. 64
1958Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) hopei Casier p. 18
1966Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) hopei Cassier p. 68
1981Odontaspis hopei Thurmond and Jones p. 49
2013Carcharias hopei Otero et al. p. 17 figs. 3.5-3.10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
specieshopei()

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.

†Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Serravallian or 55.80000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (South Carolina) Carcharias hopei (15074)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Odontaspis hopei (85229 160682 185917)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Carcharias hopei (76601) Odontaspis hopei (8050 13299 22804 22810 185905 185906 185930 185933 185934 185935)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Carcharias hopei (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Carcharias hopei (3256 3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Synodontaspis hopei (41888)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Carcharias hopei (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados Odontaspis hopei (221168)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Carcharias hopei (230269 230274)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Carcharias hopei (62573)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Poland Odontaspis hopei (49750)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Odontaspis hopei (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Odontaspis hopei (3534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Carcharias hopei (45641) Odontaspis hopei (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Carcharias hopei (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Odontaspis hopei (55251 75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Odontaspis hopei (45637)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Lamna hopei (55396)