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Carchariidae

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Carchariidae was named by Muller and Henle. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Carchariinae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Lamnidae by Hay (1902); to Asterospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Galeoidei by David (1943); to Lamnoidei by Jordan (1963); to Galeoidea by Miller (1967); and to Lamniformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993) and Feichtinger et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Carchariidae Woodward p. 435
1902Carchariinae Hay p. 301
1904Carchariidae Eastman p. 83
1942Carchariidae Leriche p. 15
1943Carchariidae David p. 81
1963Carchariidae Jordan p. 599
1967Carchariidae Miller p. 223
1993Carchariidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 5
2024Carchariidae Feichtinger et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle

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.

Fm. Carchariidae Muller and Henle
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G. Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 [sand shark]
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Subg. †Carcharias (Odontaspis) Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias aasenensis Siverson 1992
†Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Odontaspis vorax le Hon 1871 [synonym]
†Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias acutus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias adneti Vullo 2005
†Carcharias clavata Agassiz 1856
†Carcharias clavatus Agassiz 1844
†Carcharias collata Eastman 1904
†Carcharias dominguei Cappetta et al. 2019
†Carcharias duplex Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias eocaenus Woodward 1889
†Carcharias gibbesii Woodward 1889
†Carcharias gracilis Davis 1890
†Carcharias gustrowensis Winkler 1875
†Carcharias hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975
†Carcharias holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975
†Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias latus Davis 1890
†Carcharias lomitae Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Carcharias melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard 1824
†Carcharias ornatus Agassiz 1856
†Carcharias polygyrus Agassiz 1838
†Carcharias reticulata Probst 1879
†Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975
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Invalid names: Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta 1997 [synonym]
†Carcharias sanctaecrucis Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
†Carcharias tenuis Agassiz 1839
†Carcharias tenuis Davis 1890
†Carcharias victoriae Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Carcharias virgatulus Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Invalid names: Eugomphodus Gill 1862 [synonym]
G. †Oxytes Giebel 1847
G. †Triglochis Müller and Henle 1838
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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 129.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (387 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Carcharias sp. (91420)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Gunma) Carcharias sp. (229065)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania Scapanorhynchus tenuis (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Poland Carchariidae indet. (213375)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan Carcharias sp. (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Western Australia) Carcharias sp. A, Carcharias sp. B (215794)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0South Africa Carcharias sp. (38815)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Western Australia) Carcharias sp. A (215561)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Carcharias sp. (22731) Selachii indet. (52997)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Carcharias priscus (90516 90518)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Australia (Western Australia) Carcharias sp. A (215796)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Ardennes) Carcharias latus (213564)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Montana) Carcharias sp. (215792)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Carcharias sp. 2 (213383)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Carcharias sp. (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Aisne) Carcharias adneti, Carcharias latus (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Carcharias adneti (213377) Carcharias adneti, Carcharias latus (213381)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Carcharias adneti (213376 213380)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) Synodontaspis holmdelensis (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharias sp. (106277)