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Carcharhinus elongatus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Sphyrna elongata was named by Leriche (1910).

It was recombined as Carcharhinus elongatus by Szabo et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Sphyrna elongata Leriche
1926Sphyrna elongata Leriche p. 462
2017Carcharhinus elongatus Szabo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
specieselongatus(Leriche 1910)

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 elongatus Leriche 1910
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Carcharhinus elongatus (69805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Carcharhinus elongatus (32012)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) Carcharhinus elongatus (186636)