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Carcharhinus perezi

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Platypodon perezi was named by Poey (1876). It is extant.

It was recombined as Carcharhinus perezi by Purdy et al. (2001) and Pimiento et al. (2013); it was recombined as Carcharhinus perezii by dos Reis (2005) and Kent (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Platypodon perezi Poey
2001Carcharhinus perezi Purdy et al. p. 154
2005Carcharhinus perezii dos Reis p. 34
2013Carcharhinus perezi Pimiento et al.
2018Carcharhinus perezii Kent p. 117

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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
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciesperezi(Poey 1876)

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.

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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 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 Burdigalian to the top of the MN 13 or 20.44000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus perezi (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Carcharhinus perezi (43063)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Carcharhinus perezii (18579)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus perezi (160565)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Carcharhinus perezi (96700)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Carcharhinus perezi (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Carcharhinus perezi (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Carcharhinus perezi (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus perezi (52582)