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Carcharodon purplei

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Carcharodon purplei was named by Jordan and Hanibal (1923). Its type specimen is LSJU 974, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lomita Quarry [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene marine marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. augustidens, C. bigelowi, C. praemegalodon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Carcharodon purplei Jordan and Hanibal p. 56 figs. Plate V. g.; VI. b.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838
speciespurplei

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.

†Carcharodon purplei Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available