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Negaprion (lemon shark)
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).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1940 | Negaprion Whitley |
1981 | Negaprion Case p. 64 |
2001 | Negaprion Purdy et al. p. 155 |
2002 | Negaprion Sepkoski |
2005 | Negaprion Compagno |
2007 | Negaprion Adnet et al. p. 314 |
2014 | Negaprion Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84 |
2017 | Negaprion Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
2018 | Negaprion Kent p. 118 |
2019 | Negaprion Ebersole et al. p. 73 |
2019 | Negaprion Landini et al. p. 361 |
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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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Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868
†Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
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 |
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Eocene | Pakistan | Negaprion eurybathrodon (79971) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Negaprion gibbsi (16848) | |
Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (45640) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | 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 Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (73434) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt | Negaprion frequens (187874) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan (Fukuoka) | Negaprion sp. (161440) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | Negaprion sp. (150337) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Negaprion sp. (161439) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Negaprion sp. (175334) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Florida) | Negaprion sp. (17341) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | Negaprion sp. (71651) | |
Chattian | USA (California) | Negaprion elongata (11601) | |
Aquitanian | Malta (Bahrija) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (161388) | |
Aquitanian | Panama (Panama) | Negaprion breviostris (159352 159355) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) | Negaprion brevirostris (31183) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | India | Negaprion sp. (78641) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Costa Rica | Negaprion eurybathrodon (187875) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (161380) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Negaprion furimskyi (71660) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (118106) | |
Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Negaprion brevirostris (48887) | |
Miocene | Japan (Nagano) | Negaprion sp. (161443) | |
Miocene | Japan (Saitama) | Negaprion sp. (161441) | |
Burdigalian | Malta (Gozo) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (161385) | |
Burdigalian | Italy | Negaprion eurybathrodon (70814) | |
Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Negaprion brevirostris (100330) | |
Burdigalian | Peru | Negaprion brevirostris (167732) | |
Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | Negaprion eurybathrodon (47026) | |
Burdigalian | Malta (Bahrija) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (161386) | |
Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | Negaprion kraussi (187577) | |
Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Negaprion sp. (52183) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | Negaprion antiquus (59059) Negaprion sp. (19595) | |
Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Negaprion sp. (148227 161934) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Negaprion sp. (13450) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Yamanashi) | Negaprion sp. (161442) | |
Middle Miocene | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (161381) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | Negaprion kraussi, Negaprion acanthodon (161445) | |
Middle Miocene | Costa Rica | Negaprion eurybathrodon (91357) | |
Middle Miocene | India | Negaprion sp. (72085) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (126605 187324) Negaprion sp. (57700) | |
Serravallian | Panama (Colon) | Negaprion brevirostris (160576) | |
Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Negaprion eurybatrodon (58983) | |
Serravallian | Panama | Negaprion brevirostris (160572) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Ecuador | Negaprion brevirostris (204348) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (161384) | |
Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Negaprion eurybatrodon (161996) | |
Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (161374 161375 161377 162456) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (18554) | |
Tortonian | Panama | Negaprion brevirostris (96700 118105 187583) | |
Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (152251) | |
Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Negaprion brevirostris (160566 160567 160578 160582) | |
Tortonian | Venezuela | Negaprion sp. (200110 200111) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Panama (Colon) | Negaprion brevirostris (168112) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Portugal | Negaprion eurybathrodon (56459) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | Negaprion sp. (22219) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Piura) | Negaprion brevirostris (162465) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Negaprion brevirostris (191989 191997) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (162457) Negaprion sp., Negaprion brevirostris (162452) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (18556) | |
Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (179732) | |
Messinian | Malta (Gozo) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (161383) | |
Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (46369) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Negaprion brevirostris (52582) | |
Zanclean | Libya | Negaprion brevirostris (136597) | |
Zanclean | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (151704 151705) | |
Pliocene | Angola | Negaprion brevirostris (154111) | |
Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (151893) | |
Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (22712) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Negaprion brevirostris (20400 58089) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Negaprion brevirostris (20604 20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Negaprion eurybathrodon (188304) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Negaprion brevirostris (187584) |