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Negaprion gilmorei

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Sphyrna gilmorei was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Melvin, southeast of, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Negaprion gilmorei by Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2021), Ebersole et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche
2019Negaprion gilmorei Ebersole et al. p. 73
2021Negaprion gilmorei Ebersole et al. p. 488
2024Negaprion gilmorei Ebersole et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusNegaprionWhitley 1940
speciesgilmorei()

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.

†Negaprion gilmorei Leriche 1942
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Negaprion gilmorei (81179)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Negaprion gilmorei (81238 209521 209523)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Negaprion gilmorei (81266 81278 176944)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Negaprion gilmorei (160400)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Sphyrna gilmorei (type locality: 28983)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Negaprion gilmorei (202013 202014)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Negaprion gilmorei (89610 235364)