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Rhizoprionodon (sharpnose shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Rhizoprionodon Whitley
1981Rhizoprionodon Case p. 65
1981Rhizoprionodon Thurmond and Jones p. 68
1997Rhizoprionodon Noubhani and Cappetta p. 87
2001Rhizoprionodon Purdy et al. p. 155
2002Rhizoprionodon Sepkoski
2005Rhizoprionodon Compagno
2005Rhizoprionodon Tabuce et al. p. 385
2007Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 314
2009Rhizoprionodon Cicimurri and Knight p. 634
2013Rhizoprionodon Otero et al. p. 23 figs. Fg. 6: 3-8
2014Rhizoprionodon Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 83
2014Rhizoprionodon Maisch et al. p. 193
2018Rhizoprionodon Kent p. 120
2019Rhizoprionodon Ebersole et al. p. 78
2020Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 12
2020Rhizoprionodon Villafaña et al.

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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
genusRhizoprionodonWhitley 1929

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. Rhizoprionodon Whitley 1929 [sharpnose shark]
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Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952
Rhizoprionodon lalandii Müller and Henle 1839
Rhizoprionodon longurio Jordan and Gilbert 1882
Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926
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 Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal Rhizoprionodon sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (116904 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Rhizoprionodon sp. (79971)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Rhizoprionodon sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (62573)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (62459)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Rhizoprionodon sp. (209380)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco Rhizoprionodon sp. (91339)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jordan Rhizoprionodon sp. (65226)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (209522) Rhizoprionodon sp. (13346)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Rhizoprionodon sp. (230269)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (137540 137541)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81266 176944) Rhizoprionodon sp. (16848 205834)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Rhizoprionodon sp. (173640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (96952 137546 137548 137550 137551 137554 137556 137558 137564 137568 137569 137578 137579 137582 137583 137586)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Rhizoprionodon sp. (32899)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Rhizoprionodon sp. (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (202013 202014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Rhizoprionodon sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (160397) Rhizoprionodon sp. (73434)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (62468)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Rhizoprionodon sp. (150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Rhizoprionodon sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Rhizoprionodon sp. (78520)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Balochistan) Rhizoprionodon sp. (78423)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (97550)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (32012)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (71660)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta (Gozo) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161385)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (37238)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Rhizoprionodon sp. (210593)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Rhizoprionodon sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161623)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Rhizoprionodon sp. (161620)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161936)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Rhizoprionodon oligolinx (46343)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161524 161527) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161525 161533)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161908)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204350 204351) Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon longurio (204346) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (204349)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161384)
Early/Lower Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (161374 162456)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Rhizoprionodon sp. (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Rhizoprionodon sp. (160781)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (152251)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204352)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Rhizoprionodon sp. (191987 191989 191998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terranovae (162452)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (18556)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Rhizoprionodon sp. (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Rhizoprionodon sp. (65955)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Rhizoprionodon longurio (154117)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon teraenovae (77594)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Rhizoprionodon acutus (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (151704)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204353)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (97639)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Rhizoprionodon longurio (190889)