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Carcharoides

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Carcharoides was named by Ameghino (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 884].

It was assigned to Carchariidae by Chapman and Cudmore (1924); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Odontaspinae by Herman (1977); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Lamnidae by Ameghino (1901), Werner (1989), Kocsis (2007) and Szabo et al. (2017); and to Odontaspididae by Kent (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Carcharoides Ameghino p. 83
1924Carcharoides Chapman and Cudmore p. 121
1963Carcharoides Jordan p. 599
1977Carcharoides Herman p. 165
1989Carcharoides Werner p. 29
2002Carcharoides Sepkoski
2007Carcharoides Kocsis p. 33
2017Carcharoides Szabo et al.
2018Carcharoides Kent p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharoides

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. †Carcharoides Ameghino 1901
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†Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846
†Carcharoides tenuidens Chapman 1913
†Carcharoides totuserratus Ameghino 1901
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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Miocene or 47.80000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. catticus (230269 230273)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Lamna cattica (124377)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Lamna cattica (133690)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) C. sp., C. totuserratus (51383) C. totuserratus (48647 51389) C. totuserratus, Lamna cattica, C. tenuidens (46166)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) C. catticus (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia C. catticus (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) C. totuserratus (51330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) C. totuserratus (159888)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Plesching bei Linz) Lamna cattica (159375)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary C. catticus (210623)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta (Gozo) C. catticus (161385)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) C. catticus (187324)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium C. catticus (208831)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Lamna cattica (50343)