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Alopias vulpinus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Taxonomy
Squalus vulipinis was named by Bonnaterre (1788).

It was recombined as Alopias vulpinus by Kumar and Loyal (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Squalus vulipinis Bonnaterre
1987Alopias vulpinus Kumar and Loyal p. 64
2001Alopias vulpinus Purdy et al. p. 107
2009Alopias vulpinus Cicimurri and Knight p. 630
2018Alopias vulpinus Kent p. 98
2019Alopias vulpinus Landini et al. p. 358

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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
familyAlopiidaeBonaparte 1838
genusAlopiasRafinesque 1810
speciesvulpinus(Bonnaterre 1788)

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.

Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788
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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Alopias vulpinus (31267)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Alopias vulpinus (11601)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Alopias vulpinus (97550)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Alopias vulpinus (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Alopias vulpinus (100330)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Alopias vulpinus (191987 191998)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Alopias vulpinus (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Alopias vulpinus (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) Alopias vulpinus (151890)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Alopias vulpinus (100313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alopias vulpinus (59063 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Alopias vulpinus (188304)