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Carcharias ornatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Lamna ornata was named by Agassiz (1856).

It was recombined as Carcharias ornatus by Jordan and Hanibal (1923).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. khderii, C. koerti, C. kraussi, C. schwimmeri, C. tricuspidatus, C. twiggsensis, C. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Lamna ornata Agassiz
1902Lamna ornata Hay p. 303
1907Lamna ornata Jordan p. 107
1923Carcharias ornatus Jordan and Hanibal p. 46 figs. Plate III. V. w.

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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
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciesornatus(Agassiz 1856)

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.

†Carcharias ornatus Agassiz 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available