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Brachycarcharias lerichei

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy

Lamna lerichei was named by Casier (1946).

It was recombined as Brachycarcharias lerichei by Cappetta and Nolf (2005), Maisch et al. (2014), Marramà et al. (2018), Marramà et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019), Boulemia and Adnet (2023), Verma (2024), Popov et al. (2025).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1946	Lamna lerichei Casier p. 80
1966	Lamna lerichei Cassier p. 74
2005	Brachycarcharias lerichei Cappetta and Nolf p. 241
2014	Brachycarcharias lerichei Maisch et al. p. 188
2018	Brachycarcharias lerichei Marramà et al. p. 287
2019	Brachycarcharias lerichei Ebersole et al. p. 39
2019	Brachycarcharias lerichei Marramà et al. p. 103
2023	Brachycarcharias lerichei Boulemia and Adnet p. 4 figs. 2A-E
2024	Brachycarcharias lerichei Verma p. 1989
2025	Brachycarcharias lerichei Popov et al. p. 133 figs. 5E1-F2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Lamniformes	Berg 1958
family	Odontaspididae	Müller and Henle 1839
genus	Brachycarcharias
species	lerichei	()

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.

†Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946

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

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (36 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Algeria	Brachycarcharias lerichei (232262)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (228142)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy (Verona)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (219837)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy	Brachycarcharias lerichei (55239)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy (Vicenze)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (127545)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	Lamna lerichei (8050 13299 185933 185934 185935)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	56.0 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Lamna lerichei (3256 3257)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Russian Federation	Brachycarcharias lerichei (234679 234681 234684 234687)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Lamna lerichei (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (81238 209523) Lamna lerichei, Brachycarcharias lerichei (13346)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Germany	Brachycarcharias lerichei (121968)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	India	Brachycarcharias lerichei (237203)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	India (Gujarat)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (237204)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Brachycarcharias lerichei (81266 176944 205834 209519 209520)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Mississippi)	Lamna lerichei (61249)