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Brachycarcharias

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Brachycarcharias Cappetta and Nolf p. 241
2008Brachycarcharias Mannering and Hiller
2015Brachycarcharias Case et al. p. 1126
2018Brachycarcharias Marramà et al. p. 287
2019Brachycarcharias Ebersole et al. p. 37
2019Brachycarcharias Marramà et al. p. 103
2024Brachycarcharias Verma p. 1989
2025Brachycarcharias Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusBrachycarcharias

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. †Brachycarcharias Cappetta and Nolf 2005
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand B. sp. (90579 90583)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis (62872)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria B. lerichei (232262)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) B. lerichei (228142)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis (62890)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (8050 13299 185933 185934 185935)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy B. lerichei (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) B. mississippiensis (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal B. sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Vicenze) B. lerichei (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Verona) B. lerichei (219837)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) B. lerichei, B. atlasi (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (3256 3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) B. lerichei (81238 205834 209523) Lamna lerichei, B. lerichei (13346)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany B. lerichei (121968)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal B. sp. (133429)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation B. lerichei (234679 234681 234684 234687)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India B. lerichei (237203)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Lamna lerichei (61249)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Gujarat) B. lerichei (237204)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) B. lerichei (209519 209520) B. lerichei, B. atlasi, B. twiggsensis (81266) B. lerichei, B. twiggsensis (176944)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Lamna twiggsensis (73434)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt B. twiggsensis (96952 137542 137543 137545 137549 137553 137557 137574)