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Carcharias samhammeri

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Odontaspis samhammeri was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hop Brook (HBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Carcharias samhammeri by Case and Cappetta (2004), Retzler et al. (2013), Hoganson et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Carcharias heathi was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kemp Clay Formation, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias samhammeri by Hoganson et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Odontaspis samhammeri Cappetta and Case p. 18 figs. Pl 5, figs 11-26
1997Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta p. 140 figs. Pl 7, figs 7-9
1999Carcharias heathi Cappetta and Corral p. 347 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8
2004Carcharias samhammeri Case and Cappetta p. 11
2013Carcharias samhammeri Retzler et al. p. 86 fig. 3G
2016Carcharias heathi Corral et al. p. 649 figs. 7A-L
2019Carcharias samhammeri Hoganson et al. p. 23 figs. 7.49-7.61

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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
speciessamhammeri()

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 samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975
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Invalid names: Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta 1997 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available