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Carcharhinus egertoni

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharhinus egertoni was named by Agassiz (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Glyphis egertoni by Rapp (1946).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. longimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz
1927Carcharhinus egertoni Arambourg p. 230
1946Glyphis egertoni Rapp p. 510
1958Carcharhinus egertoni Casier p. 40
1966Carcharhinus egertoni Casier p. 503

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciesegertoniAgassiz 1843

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.

†Carcharhinus egertoni 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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Carcharhinus egertoni (205153)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Barbados Carcharhinus egertoni (220735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Carcharhinus egertoni (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Carcharhinus egertoni (65162 112590)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Carcharhinus egertoni (57786)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Carcharhinus egertoni (36631)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus egertoni (161493)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Carcharhinus egertoni (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus egertoni (161492 161495 161496)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Carcharhinus egertoni (46365)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Carcharhinus egertoni (45486)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru Carcharhinus egertoni (46083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay (Colonia) Carcharhinus egertoni (162670 162674)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Carcharhinus egertoni (56459)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Carcharhinus egertoni (186631)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Carcharhinus egertoni (151704 151705)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Carcharhinus egertoni (96738)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Carcharhinus egertoni (154111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Carcharhinus egertoni (151893)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Carcharhinus egertoni (207303)