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Physodon secundus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Trigonodus secundus was named by Winkler (1876) [NOT the original genus].

It was recombined as Alopiopsis (Physodon) secundus by Stromer (1910); it was recombined as Carcharias (Physodon) secundus by Leriche (1926); it was recombined as Physodon secundus by Casier (1946), White (1956), Cassier (1966) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Rhizoprionodon secundus by Bor (1980); it was recombined as Physogaleus secundus by Cappetta (1980), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Maisch et al. (2014), Case et al. (2015), Ebersole et al. (2019), Boulemia and Adnet (2023) and Popov et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Trigonodus tertius Winkler
1876Trigonodus secundus Winkler p. 5 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 4-5
1910Alopiopsis (Physodon) secundus Stromer p. 497
1926Carcharias (Physodon) secundus Leriche p. 463
1926Carcharias (Physodon) tertius Leriche p. 463
1946Physodon secundus Casier p. 91
1946Physodon tertius Casier p. 92
1952Galeorhinus formosus Arambourg
1956Physodon secundus White p. 144
1966Physodon secundus Cassier p. 87
1966Physodon tertius Cassier p. 88
1980Rhizoprionodon secundus Bor
1980Physogaleus secundus Cappetta p. 37 fig. 5
1981Physodon secundus Thurmond and Jones p. 64
1997Physogaleus secundus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 85
2014Physogaleus secundus Maisch et al. p. 192
2015Physogaleus secundus Case et al. p. 1129
2019Physogaleus secundus Ebersole et al. p. 95
2023Physogaleus secundus Boulemia and Adnet p. 9 figs. 3O-Q
2024Physogaleus secundus Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusPhysodonMüller and Henle 1839
speciessecundus(Winkler 1876)

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.

Physodon secundus Winkler 1876
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Priabonian or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) Alopiopsis secundus (167948)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Physodon secundus (8050 13299)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Physodon secundus (41888)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Physodon secundus (83251)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Physodon secundus (42636)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Physodon secundus (45637)