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Carchariidae
Taxonomy
Carchariidae was named by Muller and Henle. It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Carchariinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Lamnidae by Hay (1902); to Asterospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Galeoidei by David (1943); to Lamnoidei by Jordan (1963); to Galeoidea by Miller (1967); and to Lamniformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Feichtinger et al. (2024) and Ebersole et al. (2024).
It was reranked as the subfamily Carchariinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Lamnidae by Hay (1902); to Asterospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Galeoidei by David (1943); to Lamnoidei by Jordan (1963); to Galeoidea by Miller (1967); and to Lamniformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Feichtinger et al. (2024) and Ebersole et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Carchariidae Woodward p. 435 |
| 1902 | Carchariinae Hay p. 301 |
| 1904 | Carchariidae Eastman p. 83 |
| 1942 | Carchariidae Leriche p. 15 |
| 1943 | Carchariidae David p. 81 |
| 1963 | Carchariidae Jordan p. 599 |
| 1967 | Carchariidae Miller p. 223 |
| 1993 | Carchariidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 5 |
| 2024 | Carchariidae Ebersole et al. p. 6 |
| 2024 | Carchariidae Feichtinger et al. p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. Carchariidae Muller and Henle
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G. Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 [sand shark]
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Subg. †Carcharias (Odontaspis) Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias aasenensis Siverson 1992
†Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias acutus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias adneti Vullo 2005
†Carcharias clavata Agassiz 1856
†Carcharias clavatus Agassiz 1844
†Carcharias collata Eastman 1904
†Carcharias dominguei Cappetta et al. 2019
†Carcharias duplex Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias eocaenus Woodward 1889
†Carcharias gibbesii Woodward 1889
†Carcharias gracilis Davis 1890
†Carcharias gustrowensis Winkler 1875
†Carcharias hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975
†Carcharias holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975
†Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843
†Carcharias latus Davis 1890
†Carcharias lomitae Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Carcharias melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard 1824
†Carcharias ornatus Agassiz 1856
†Carcharias polygyrus Agassiz 1838
†Carcharias reticulata Probst 1879
†Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975
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Invalid names: Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta 1997 [synonym]
†Carcharias sanctaecrucis Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
†Carcharias tenuis Agassiz 1839
†Carcharias tenuis Davis 1890
†Carcharias victoriae Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Carcharias virgatulus Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Odontaspis acutissima vorax Le Hon 1871
Invalid names: Eugomphodus Gill 1862 [synonym]
G. †Oxytes Giebel 1847
G. †Triglochis Müller and Henle 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available