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Carcharhinus brachyurus (copper shark)
Taxonomy
Carcharias brachyurus was named by Gunther (1870). It is extant.
It was recombined as Carcharhinus brachyurus by Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Kocsis et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Cantalice et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus brachyurus by Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Kocsis et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Cantalice et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acanthodon, C. ackermanii, C. ackermanni, C. aculeatus, C. albomarginatus, C. altimus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. brachylurus, C. brevipinna, C. collata, C. collatus, C. egatoni, C. egeroni, C. eggertoni, C. galapagensis, C. gangeticus, C. lamiella, C. limbatus, C. maculipinnis, C. priscusi, C. pristis, C. similis, C. velox, C. limbatus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Carcharias brachyurus Gunther |
| 2014 | Carcharhinus brachyurus Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84 |
| 2015 | Carcharhinus brachyurus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 61 fig. 5S,T |
| 2019 | Carcharhinus brachyurus Kocsis et al. p. 799 figs. 5A-F |
| 2019 | Carcharhinus brachyurus Landini et al. p. 361 |
| 2025 | Carcharhinus brachyurus Cantalice et al. p. 5 |
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Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 [copper shark]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (48887) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (51330) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (100330) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (18579) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru | Carcharhinus brachyurus (167732) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Ecuador | Carcharhinus brachyurus (204351) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Carcharhinus brachyurus (96800) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (160781) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brunei Darussalam | Carcharhinus brachyurus (194518 275767 275768) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Piura) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (162465) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Mexico (Yucatan) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (239046) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (46167) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (50343) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Tuscany) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (190383) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Carcharhinus brachyurus (204946) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (154118) | |
| Calabrian | Ecuador | Carcharhinus brachyurus (97639) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Carcharhinus brachyurus (190889) |