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Carcharodon subauriculatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias subauriculatus was named by Agassiz (1839).

It was recombined as Carcharodon subauriculatus by Agassiz (1843), Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Purdy (1996), Purdy et al. (2001), Aguilera and de Aguilera (2004) and Marsili et al. (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharodon megalodon by Chapman and Cudmore (1924); it was recombined as Carcharocles chubutensis by Ameghino (1906), Pimiento et al. (2013), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Carcharias subauriculatus Agassiz figs. Pl 30a, figs 11-13
1843Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz p. 251
1906Carcharocles chubutensis Ameghino
1996Carcharodon subauriculatus Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 31
1996Carcharodon subauriculatus Purdy
2001Carcharodon subauriculatus Purdy et al. p. 128
2004Carcharodon subauriculatus Aguilera and de Aguilera p. 368
2007Carcharodon subauriculatus Marsili et al. p. 36
2013Carcharocles chubutensis Pimiento et al.
2018Carcharocles chubutensis Kent p. 85
2019Carcharocles chubutensis Landini et al. p. 358

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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
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838
speciessubauriculatus()

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.

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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) Carcharocles chubutensis (159349 159350 159351 159352 159353)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Carcharodon subauriculatus (65162 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Carcharodon subauriculatus (118106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Carcharodon subauriculatus (161380)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Carcharodon subauriculatus (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Carcharocles chubutensis (113249 167732)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Carcharodon subauriculatus (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Carcharodon subauriculatus (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Carcharocles chubutensis (163055)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Carcharocles chubutensis (100330)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Carcharodon subauriculatus (58454)