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Aprionodon

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Aprionodon was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was reranked as Carcharias (Aprionodon) by Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Bohm (1926); it was reranked as Carcharhinus (Aprionodon) by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Carcharhinus by Hay (1902); to Carcharias by Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Bohm (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); and to Carcharhinidae by White (1926), Case (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Species
A. amekiensis, A. greyegertoni, A. lerichei
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. acuaris, A. woodwardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Aprionodon Gill
1889Carcharias (Aprionodon) Woodward p. 437
1896Carcharias (Aprionodon) Alessandri p. 721
1902Carcharhinus (Aprionodon) Hay p. 312
1926Carcharias (Aprionodon) Bohm p. 79
1926Aprionodon White p. 38
1963Aprionodon Jordan p. 599
1980Aprionodon Case p. 86
1981Aprionodon Thurmond and Jones p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusAprionodonGill 1861

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.

G. Aprionodon Gill 1861
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†Aprionodon amekiensis White 1926
†Aprionodon lerichei Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Tortonian or 48.07000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria A. amekiensis (60711)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola (Cabinda) A. sp., A. amekiensis (83988)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan A. amekiensis (45701 45702)
Lutetian - Chattian48.07 - 23.04Congo-Kinshasa A. lerichei (275437)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Nigeria A. amekiensis (32905)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) A. woodwardi (42636 42639)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Hypoprion greyegertoni (45637)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) A. lerichei (56682 72301 83992) A. sp., A. lerichei (72300)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) A. sp. (221446)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) A. acuaris (71660)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) A. sp. (59059)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Madagascar Carcharias sp. (51586)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Gujarat) A. sp. (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal A. lerichei (56459)