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Prionace (blue shark)
Taxonomy
Prionace was named by Cantor (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Carcharias (Prionace) by Cantor (1849); it was reranked as Carcharhinus (Prionace) by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Cantor (1849); to Carcharhinus by Hay (1902); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcharhinidae by Compagno (2005).
It was reranked as Carcharias (Prionace) by Cantor (1849); it was reranked as Carcharhinus (Prionace) by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Cantor (1849); to Carcharhinus by Hay (1902); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcharhinidae by Compagno (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Carcharias (Prionodon) Müller and Henle |
1849 | Carcharias (Prionace) Cantor |
1849 | Prionace Cantor |
1902 | Carcharhinus (Prionace) Hay p. 312 |
1904 | Carcharias (Prionodon) Chapman and Pritchard p. 274 |
1904 | Carcharias (Prionodon) Eastman p. 84 |
1924 | Carcharias (Prionodon) Chapman and Cudmore p. 119 |
1942 | Prionodon Leriche p. 80 |
1963 | Prionace Jordan p. 599 |
1963 | Prionodon Jordan p. 599 |
2002 | Prionace Sepkoski |
2005 | Prionace Compagno |
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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. Prionace Cantor 1849 [blue shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias (Prionodon) Müller and Henle 1841 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chattian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Prionodon vonderschmitti (221443) | |
Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharias incidens (204313) | |
Miocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Galeocerdo aculeatus (202913 202915) | |
Miocene | Mexico (Tabasco) | Prionodon tschoppi (221510) | |
Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Prionodon sp. (221508) | |
Miocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Galeocerdo aculeatus (202916) | |
Miocene | USA (South Carolina) | Prionodon egertoni (18506) | |
Neogene | USA (South Carolina) | Prionodon carolinensis (84102) | |
Burdigalian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharias aculeatus (51404) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Prionodon egertoni (18518) | |
Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharias javanus (46165) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Prionodon egertoni (71798) | |
Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Carcharias egertoni (57782) | |
Tortonian | Poland | Carcharias sp. (121515) | |
Tortonian | Madagascar | Carcharias sp. (51586) | |
Tortonian | Belgium | Prionace glauca (217346) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | Prionace glauca (22219) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | India (Gujarat) | Prionodon sp. (87489) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Carcharias egertoni (162712) | |
Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharias aculeata (46167) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Prionace glauca (154117) | |
Zanclean | Chile | Prionace glauca (69731) | |
Zanclean | USA (California) | Prionace sp. (50068) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy | Prionace glauca (57058) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Prionace glauca (59063 160361) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Prionace glauca (20646) |