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Carcharhinus brachyurus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias brachyurus was named by Gunther (1870). It is extant.

It was recombined as Carcharhinus brachyurus by Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014) and Landini et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Carcharias brachyurus Gunther
2014Carcharhinus brachyurus Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84
2019Carcharhinus brachyurus Landini et al. p. 361

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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
speciesbrachyurus(Gunther 1870)

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.

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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus brachyurus (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Carcharhinus brachyurus (51330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Carcharhinus brachyurus (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Carcharhinus brachyurus (100330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Carcharhinus brachyurus (167732)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Carcharhinus brachyurus (204351)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Carcharhinus brachyurus (96800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus brachyurus (160781)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) Carcharhinus brachyurus (162465)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharhinus brachyurus (46167)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Carcharhinus brachyurus (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Tuscany) Carcharhinus brachyurus (190383)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Carcharhinus brachyurus (204946)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharhinus brachyurus (154118)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Carcharhinus brachyurus (97639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Carcharhinus brachyurus (190889)