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Carcharias acutissima ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4824603https://www.gbif.org/species/4824603
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)97236https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97236
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : Carcharias acutissima
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : Carcharias acutissima
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
-Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciesCarcharias acutissimaAgassiz 1843
Generic NameCarcharias
Scientific NameCarcharias acutissima (Agassiz, 1843)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Carcharias acutissimaspeciesbelongs to Carchariasstated without evidenceDutheil, 1991
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance7.25 - 4.90 Ma
Neogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Lamniformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Lamniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
? acutissima Agassiz, 1843GBIFunrankedAnimalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : ? acutissima

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima Agassiz p. 294 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 33-34
1876Lamna acutissima Lawley
1938Odontaspis acutissima Weiler p. 8
1942Odontaspis acutissima Leriche p. 65
1977Odontaspis acutissima Ciobanu p. 44
1981Odontaspis acutissima Case p. 59
YearName and Author
1987Synodontaspis acutissima Cappetta p. 90 figs. Fig. 80F-J
1991Carcharias acutissima Dutheil p. 28
2001Odontaspis acutissima Purdy et al. p. 104
2003Carcharias acutissima Antunes and Balbino p. 142
2007Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima Marsili et al.
2017Carcharias acutissima Szabo et al.

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 157-390
Weiler W. (1938) Neue Untersuchungen an Mitteloligozänen Fischen Ungarns, Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 15, 1-31
Leriche M. (1942) Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis, Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45, 1-111
Ciobanu M. (1977) Fauna Fosila din Oligocenul de la Piatra Neamt, 1-159
Case G. R. (1981) Late Eocene Selachians from South-Central Georgia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176 Lfg. 1-3, 52-79
Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202
Antunes M. T., Balbino A. C. (2003) Uppermost Miocene Lamniform Selachians (Pisces) from the Alvalade basin (Portugal), Ciencias da Terra 15, 141-154
Marsili S., Carnevale G., et al (2007) Early Miocene vertebrates from Montagna della Maiella, Italy, Annales de Paleontologie 93, 27-66
Szabo M., Botfalvai G., et al (2017) Upper Oligocene marine fishes from nearshore deposits of the Central Paratethys (Máriahalom, Hungary), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments doi:10.1007/s12549-017-0285-0
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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