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Carcharhinus altimus
Taxonomy
Eulamia altima was named by Springer (1950).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus altima by Kent (2018); it was recombined as Carcharhinus altimus by Maisch IV et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus altima by Kent (2018); it was recombined as Carcharhinus altimus by Maisch IV et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acanthodon, C. ackermanii, C. ackermanni, C. aculeatus, C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. brachylurus, C. collata, C. collatus, C. egatoni, C. egeroni, C. eggertoni, C. galapagensis, C. gangeticus, C. lamiella, C. maculipinnis, C. priscusi, C. pristis, C. similis, C. tjutjot, C. velox, C. ambionensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1950 | Eulamia altima Springer |
| 2018 | Carcharhinus altima Kent p. 111 |
| 2025 | Carcharhinus altimus Maisch IV et al. p. 31 |
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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.
†Carcharhinus altimus Springer 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Blancan or 4.70000 to 1.40000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Carcharhinus altimus (276265) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Carcharhinus altimus (154117) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Carcharhinus altimus (154118) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | Carcharhinus altimus (275913) |