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Rhizoprionodon (sharpnose shark)
Taxonomy
Rhizoprionodon was named by Whitley (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Rhizoprionodontini.
It was assigned to Rhizoprionodontini by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sphyrnidae by Adnet et al. (2007); to Scyliorhinidae by Maisch et al. (2014); and to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Otero et al. (2013), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Adnet et al. (2020) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Rhizoprionodontini by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sphyrnidae by Adnet et al. (2007); to Scyliorhinidae by Maisch et al. (2014); and to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Otero et al. (2013), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Adnet et al. (2020) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Rhizoprionodon Whitley |
1981 | Rhizoprionodon Case p. 65 |
1981 | Rhizoprionodon Thurmond and Jones p. 68 |
1997 | Rhizoprionodon Noubhani and Cappetta p. 87 |
2001 | Rhizoprionodon Purdy et al. p. 155 |
2002 | Rhizoprionodon Sepkoski |
2005 | Rhizoprionodon Compagno |
2005 | Rhizoprionodon Tabuce et al. p. 385 |
2007 | Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 314 |
2009 | Rhizoprionodon Cicimurri and Knight p. 634 |
2013 | Rhizoprionodon Otero et al. p. 23 figs. Fg. 6: 3-8 |
2014 | Rhizoprionodon Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 83 |
2014 | Rhizoprionodon Maisch et al. p. 193 |
2018 | Rhizoprionodon Kent p. 120 |
2019 | Rhizoprionodon Ebersole et al. p. 78 |
2020 | Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 12 |
2020 | Rhizoprionodon Villafaña et al. |
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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. 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
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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
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 |
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Thanetian | Algeria | Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (232262) | |
Ypresian | Senegal | Rhizoprionodon sp. (209379) | |
Ypresian | Morocco | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (116904 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81179 209524) | |
Eocene | Pakistan | Rhizoprionodon sp. (79971) | |
Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (140018) | |
Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (62573) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | Rhizoprionodon sp. (62459) | |
Lutetian | Senegal | Rhizoprionodon sp. (209380) | |
Lutetian | Morocco | Rhizoprionodon sp. (91339) | |
Lutetian | Togo | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (32991) | |
Lutetian | Jordan | Rhizoprionodon sp. (65226) | |
Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (120885) | |
Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (209522) Rhizoprionodon sp. (13346) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (230269) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | Rhizoprionodon sp. (137540 137541) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81266 176944) Rhizoprionodon sp. (16848 205834) | |
Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (173640) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | Rhizoprionodon sp. (96952 137546 137548 137550 137551 137554 137556 137558 137564 137568 137569 137578 137579 137582 137583 137586) | |
Priabonian | Jordan | Rhizoprionodon sp. (32899) | |
Priabonian | Western Sahara | Rhizoprionodon sp. (96686 96688) | |
Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (202013 202014) | |
Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (75638) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (160397) Rhizoprionodon sp. (73434) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | Rhizoprionodon sp. (62468) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | Rhizoprionodon sp. (150337) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (175334) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (78520) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (78423) | |
Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (97550) | |
Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (32012) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (71660) | |
Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (48887) | |
Burdigalian | Malta (Gozo) | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161385) | |
Burdigalian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (37238) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (210593) | |
Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (52183) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (79793) | |
Langhian | France (Loupian) | Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161623) | |
Langhian | Portugal (Penedo) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (161620) | |
Langhian | France (Touraine) | Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161611) | |
Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161936) | |
Middle Miocene | India (Orissa) | Rhizoprionodon oligolinx (46343) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (126605) | |
Serravallian | France (Gironde) | Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161524 161527) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161525 161533) | |
Serravallian | Austria (Styria) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161908) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Ecuador | Rhizoprionodon sp. (204350 204351) Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon longurio (204346) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (204349) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161384) | |
Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (161374 162456) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (18554) | |
Tortonian | Panama | Rhizoprionodon sp. (96700) | |
Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (160781) | |
Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (152251) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ecuador | Rhizoprionodon sp. (204352) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (162678) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (191987 191989 191998) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon terranovae (162452) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (18556) | |
MN 13 | Portugal | Rhizoprionodon sp. (65954) | |
MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (65955) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Rhizoprionodon longurio (154117) | |
Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon teraenovae (77594) | |
Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (46369) | |
Zanclean | Libya | Rhizoprionodon acutus (136597) | |
Zanclean | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (151704) | |
Gelasian | Ecuador | Rhizoprionodon sp. (204353) | |
Calabrian | Ecuador | Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (97639) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20400) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20604 20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Rhizoprionodon sp. (188304) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Rhizoprionodon longurio (190889) |