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Carcharias (Aprion)
Taxonomy
Carcharias (Aprion) was named by Müller and Henle (1839).
It was reranked as Aprion by Jordan (1963).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Müller and Henle (1839); and to Galeidae by Jordan (1963).
It was reranked as Aprion by Jordan (1963).
It was assigned to Carcharias by Müller and Henle (1839); and to Galeidae by Jordan (1963).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Carcharias actussimus, Carcharias aculeata, Carcharias acustissima, Carcharias crassidens, Carcharias dubius, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias heptosuspidatus, Carcharias hoperi, Carcharias kraussi, Carcharias macrotus, Carcharias robustus, Carcharias rutoti, Carcharias schwimmeri, Carcharias stellatus, Carcharias tricuspidatus, Carcharias trisuspidatus, Carcharias twiggsensis, Carcharias whitei
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Carcharias (Aprion) Müller and Henle p. 31 |
| 1963 | Aprion Jordan p. 100 |
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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.
Subg. †Carcharias (Aprion) Müller and Henle 1839
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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