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Negaprion gilmorei

Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Sphyrna gilmorei was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Melvin, southeast of, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Negaprion gilmorei by Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche
2019Negaprion gilmorei Ebersole et al. p. 73
2024Negaprion gilmorei Ebersole et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
RankNameAuthor
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusNegaprionWhitley 1940
speciesgilmorei()

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.

Negaprion gilmorei Leriche 1942
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Diagnosis
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