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Carcharhinus perseus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy

Carcharhinus perseus was named by Adnet et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UMC-DBC-S9, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kumbi, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acanthodon, C. ackermanii, C. ackermanni, C. aculeatus, C. albomarginatus, C. altimus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. brachylurus, C. brevipinna, C. cionei, C. collata, C. collatus, C. egatoni, C. egeroni, C. eggertoni, C. galapagensis, C. gangeticus, C. lamiella, C. limbatus, C. longimanus, C. maculipinnis, C. priscusi, C. pristis, C. signatus, C. similis, C. velox, C. limbatus, C. melanopterus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2007	Carcharhinus perseus Adnet et al. p. 309

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Carcharhiniformes	Compagno 1973
family	Carcharhinidae	Jordan and Evermann 1896
genus	Carcharhinus	de Blainville 1816
species	perseus

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.

†Carcharhinus perseus Adnet et al. 2007

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Egypt	Carcharhinus perseus (187874)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan	Carcharhinus perseus (type locality: 150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan (Balochistan)	Carcharhinus perseus (78520)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan	Carcharhinus perseus (150430)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Pakistan	Carcharhinus perseus (151056)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Pakistan (Baluchistan)	Carcharhinus perseus (78362)