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Scoliodon
Taxonomy
Scoliodon was named by Muller and Henle (1837).
It was reranked as Carcharias (Scoliodon) by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhinidae by Casier (1958), Case (1980), Case (1981), Compagno (2005) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Scoliodontinae by Long (1992) and Popov et al. (2024).
It was reranked as Carcharias (Scoliodon) by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhinidae by Casier (1958), Case (1980), Case (1981), Compagno (2005) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Scoliodontinae by Long (1992) and Popov et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Scoliodon Muller and Henle |
| 1889 | Carcharias (Scoliodon) Woodward |
| 1926 | Carcharias (Scoliodon) Leriche p. 431 |
| 1958 | Scoliodon Casier p. 21 |
| 1963 | Scoliodon Jordan p. 599 |
| 1980 | Scoliodon Case p. 86 |
| 1981 | Scoliodon Case p. 64 |
| 1992 | Scoliodon Long p. 29 |
| 2005 | Scoliodon Compagno |
| 2019 | Scoliodon Ebersole et al. p. 80 |
| 2024 | Scoliodon Popov et al. |
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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.
G. †Scoliodon Muller and Henle 1837
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†Carcharias (Scoliodon) taxandriae Leriche 1926
†Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016
†Scoliodon terraenovae Richardson 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | S. conecuhensis (81179 209524) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp. (3257 3258) | |
| Lutetian | India (Kutch) | S. sp. (45589) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | S. conecuhensis (209521) | |
| Lutetian | Barbados | S. sp. (221168) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | S. sp. (209370 209371) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | S. conecuhensis (234687) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | S. sp. (53666) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | S. conecuhensis (81266 81278 176944 209520) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | S. sp. (31173) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Barbados | S. sp. (220735) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | S. terraenovae (73434) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Orissa) | S. sp. (42842) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | S. taxandriae (65162 112590) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil | S. taxandriae (112581) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | S. terraenovae (71660) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | S. sp. (47026) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands | S. taxandriae (45505) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | S. taxandriae (58454) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Orissa) | S. laticaudus (46343 46360 46365 46366) | |
| Middle Miocene | Costa Rica | S. taxandriae (91357) | |
| Middle Miocene | India | S. sorrakowah (72085) | |
| Tortonian | Germany | S. taxandriae (162719) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | S. taxandriae (162678) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | India (Gujarat) | S. sp. (87489) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | S. longurio (59063) |