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Rhizoprionodon (sharpnose shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Rhizoprionodon Whitley
1981Rhizoprionodon Case p. 65
1981Rhizoprionodon Thurmond and Jones p. 68
1997Rhizoprionodon Noubhani and Cappetta p. 87
2001Rhizoprionodon Purdy et al. p. 155
2002Rhizoprionodon Sepkoski
2005Rhizoprionodon Compagno
2005Rhizoprionodon Tabuce et al. p. 385
2007Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 314
2009Rhizoprionodon Cicimurri and Knight p. 634
2013Rhizoprionodon Otero et al. p. 23 figs. Fg. 6: 3-8
2014Rhizoprionodon Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 83
2014Rhizoprionodon Maisch et al. p. 193
2018Rhizoprionodon Kent p. 120
2019Rhizoprionodon Ebersole et al. p. 78
2020Rhizoprionodon Adnet et al. p. 12
2020Rhizoprionodon Villafaña et al.
2025Rhizoprionodon Cicimurri et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusRhizoprionodonWhitley 1929

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. Rhizoprionodon Whitley 1929 [sharpnose shark]
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†Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952
Rhizoprionodon lalandii Müller and Henle 1839
Rhizoprionodon longurio Jordan and Gilbert 1882
†Rhizoprionodon taxandriae Leriche 1926
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (116904 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal Rhizoprionodon sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Saratov) Rhizoprionodon sp. (235736)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Rhizoprionodon sp. (79971)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Rhizoprionodon sp. (209380)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (209522) Rhizoprionodon sp. (13346 205834)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco Rhizoprionodon sp. (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (32991)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jordan Rhizoprionodon sp. (65226)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Rhizoprionodon sp. (230269)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (137540 137541)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (62573)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Rhizoprionodon sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (62459)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81266 176944) Rhizoprionodon sp. (16848)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Rhizoprionodon sp. (173640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (62468)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (160397) Rhizoprionodon sp. (73434)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Rhizoprionodon sp. (96952 137542 137543 137545 137546 137548 137549 137550 137551 137553 137554 137556 137557 137558 137564 137568 137569 137574 137578 137579 137582 137583 137586)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Western Sahara Rhizoprionodon sp. (96686 96688)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Jordan Rhizoprionodon sp. (32899)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Rhizoprionodon sp. (75638)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (202013 202014)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Rhizoprionodon sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Rhizoprionodon sp. (150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan (Balochistan) Rhizoprionodon sp. (78520)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Mississippi) Rhizoprionodon sp. (133111)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (97550)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (32012)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Balochistan) Rhizoprionodon sp. (78423)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (71660)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (48887)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Rhizoprionodon sp. (210593)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (37238)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Malta (Gozo) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161385)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Rhizoprionodon sp. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Rhizoprionodon sp. (161620)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Loupian) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161936)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Touraine) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161611)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Orissa) Rhizoprionodon oligolinx (46343)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161524 161527) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (161525 161533)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Austria (Styria) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (85338)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (161384)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204350 204351) Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon longurio (204346) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (204349)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (161374 162456)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Rhizoprionodon sp. (96700)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Rhizoprionodon sp. (160781)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (152251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Rhizoprionodon sp. (191987 191989 191998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terranovae (162452)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204352)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (18556)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Rhizoprionodon longurio (154117)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal Rhizoprionodon sp. (65954)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal (Alvalade) Rhizoprionodon sp. (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Rhizoprionodon acutus (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon teraenovae (77594)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Rhizoprionodon taxandriae (151704)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon sp. (46369)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp. (204353)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon sp. (188304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Rhizoprionodon sp., Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Rhizoprionodon longurio (97639)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Rhizoprionodon longurio (190889)