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Brachycarcharias lerichei

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Lamna lerichei Casier p. 80
1966Lamna lerichei Cassier p. 74
2005Brachycarcharias lerichei Cappetta and Nolf p. 241
2014Brachycarcharias lerichei Maisch et al. p. 188
2018Brachycarcharias lerichei Marramà et al. p. 287
2019Brachycarcharias lerichei Ebersole et al. p. 39
2019Brachycarcharias lerichei Marramà et al. p. 103
2023Brachycarcharias lerichei Boulemia and Adnet p. 4 figs. 2A-E
2024Brachycarcharias lerichei Popov et al.
2024Brachycarcharias lerichei Verma p. 1989

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusBrachycarcharias
specieslerichei()

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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.20000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Brachycarcharias lerichei (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (8050 13299 185933 185934 185935)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Brachycarcharias lerichei (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Vicenze) Brachycarcharias lerichei (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) Brachycarcharias lerichei (219837)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Brachycarcharias lerichei (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) Brachycarcharias lerichei (228142)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (3256 3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Brachycarcharias lerichei (234679 234681 234684 234687)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Lamna lerichei (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany Brachycarcharias lerichei (121968)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Brachycarcharias lerichei (81238 209523) Lamna lerichei, Brachycarcharias lerichei (13346)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Lamna lerichei (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India Brachycarcharias lerichei (237203)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Brachycarcharias lerichei (237204)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Brachycarcharias lerichei (81266 176944 205834 209519 209520)