Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 (great white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combinations: Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias, Squalus carcharias

Synonyms: Carcharias productus Agassiz 1838, Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz 1835, Carcharodon caifassi Lawley 1876, Carcharodon etruscus Lawley 1881, Carcharodon productus Agassiz 1838, Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle 1841, Carcharodon rondeletii Muller and Henle 1841, Carcharodon sulcidens Agassiz 1835

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Carcharodon according to R. W. Boessenecker 2011

See also Adnet et al. 2009, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Eastman 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Jordan 1922, Kent 2018, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Purdy et al. 2001, Woodward 1889 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998

Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon auriculatus, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus

Type specimens:

  • Carcharodon carcharias: 1
  • Carcharias productus:
  • Carcharias sulcidens:
  • Carcharodon caifassi:
  • Carcharodon etruscus:
  • Carcharodon rondeleti:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Japan (2), Taiwan (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, Florida, South Carolina)

• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Angola (1), Australia (5), Chile (3), Italy (4), Japan (1), Libya (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (9: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (3), Cuba (1), India (4), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (4: California, Florida)

Total: 71 collections including 74 occurrences

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