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Negaprion (lemon shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Negaprion was named by Whitley (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Adnet et al. (2007), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Landini et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Negaprion Whitley
1981Negaprion Case p. 64
2001Negaprion Purdy et al. p. 155
2002Negaprion Sepkoski
2005Negaprion Compagno
2007Negaprion Adnet et al. p. 314
2014Negaprion Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84
2017Negaprion Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Negaprion Kent p. 118
2019Negaprion Ebersole et al. p. 73
2019Negaprion Landini et al. p. 361

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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
genusNegaprionWhitley 1940

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. Negaprion Whitley 1940 [lemon shark]
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Negaprion eurybathrodon (79971)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Negaprion gibbsi (16848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Negaprion eurybathrodon (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Negaprion amekiensis (137584) Negaprion fequens, Negaprion sp. (96952) Negaprion frequens (137546 137547 137548 137552 137554 137556 137563 137564 137568 137572 137575 137588) Negaprion frequens, Negaprion amekiensis (137551 137558 137569 137573 137579 137580 137582 137583 137586)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Negaprion eurybathrodon (73434)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt Negaprion frequens (187874)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Negaprion sp. (161440)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Negaprion sp. (150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukushima) Negaprion sp. (161439)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Negaprion sp. (175334)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Negaprion sp. (17341)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Negaprion sp. (71651)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Negaprion elongata (11601)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Malta (Bahrija) Negaprion eurybathrodon (161388)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) Negaprion breviostris (159352 159355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Negaprion brevirostris (31183)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Negaprion sp. (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Costa Rica Negaprion eurybathrodon (187875)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (161380)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Negaprion furimskyi (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Negaprion eurybathrodon (118106)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Negaprion brevirostris (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Nagano) Negaprion sp. (161443)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Saitama) Negaprion sp. (161441)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta (Gozo) Negaprion eurybathrodon (161385)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Negaprion eurybathrodon (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Negaprion brevirostris (100330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Negaprion brevirostris (167732)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Negaprion eurybathrodon (47026)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta (Bahrija) Negaprion eurybathrodon (161386)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Negaprion kraussi (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Negaprion sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Negaprion antiquus (59059) Negaprion sp. (19595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Negaprion sp. (148227 161934)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Mexico (Baja California Sur) Negaprion sp. (13450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Yamanashi) Negaprion sp. (161442)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (161381)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Negaprion kraussi, Negaprion acanthodon (161445)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica Negaprion eurybathrodon (91357)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Negaprion sp. (72085)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Negaprion eurybathrodon (126605 187324) Negaprion sp. (57700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) Negaprion brevirostris (160576)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Negaprion eurybatrodon (58983)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Negaprion brevirostris (160572)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Negaprion brevirostris (204348)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Negaprion eurybathrodon (161384)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Negaprion eurybatrodon (161996)
Early/Lower Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (161374 161375 161377 162456)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Negaprion brevirostris (96700 118105 187583)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Negaprion eurybathrodon (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Negaprion brevirostris (160566 160567 160578 160582)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Negaprion sp. (200110 200111)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Panama (Colon) Negaprion brevirostris (168112)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Negaprion eurybathrodon (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Negaprion sp. (22219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) Negaprion brevirostris (162465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Negaprion brevirostris (191989 191997)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (162457) Negaprion sp., Negaprion brevirostris (162452)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Negaprion eurybathrodon (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta (Gozo) Negaprion eurybathrodon (161383)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Negaprion brevirostris (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Negaprion brevirostris (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Negaprion eurybathrodon (151704 151705)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Negaprion brevirostris (154111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Negaprion eurybathrodon (151893)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (22712)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Negaprion brevirostris (20400 58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Negaprion brevirostris (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Negaprion eurybathrodon (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Negaprion brevirostris (187584)