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Prionace (blue shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Carcharias (Prionodon) Müller and Henle
1849Carcharias (Prionace) Cantor
1849Prionace Cantor
1902Carcharhinus (Prionace) Hay p. 312
1904Carcharias (Prionodon) Chapman and Pritchard p. 274
1904Carcharias (Prionodon) Eastman p. 84
1924Carcharias (Prionodon) Chapman and Cudmore p. 119
1942Prionodon Leriche p. 80
1963Prionace Jordan p. 599
1963Prionodon Jordan p. 599
2002Prionace Sepkoski
2005Prionace Compagno

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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
genusPrionace

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
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

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
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Carcharias incidens (204313)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) Prionodon vonderschmitti (221443)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) Galeocerdo aculeatus (202916)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Prionodon egertoni (18506)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Tabasco) Prionodon tschoppi (221510)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Prionodon sp. (221508)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Galeocerdo aculeatus (202913 202915)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Prionodon carolinensis (84102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Carcharias aculeatus (51404)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Prionodon egertoni (18518)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Carcharias javanus (46165)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Carcharias egertoni (57782)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Prionodon egertoni (71798)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Prionace glauca (217346)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar Carcharias sp. (51586)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Carcharias sp. (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Carcharias egertoni (162712)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Prionodon sp. (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Prionace glauca (22219)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharias aculeata (46167)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Prionace glauca (154117)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Prionace sp. (50068)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile Prionace glauca (69731)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Prionace glauca (57058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Prionace glauca (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Prionace glauca (59063 160361)