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Carcharias acutissimus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima was named by Agassiz (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lamna acutissima by Agassiz (1843) and Lawley (1876); it was recombined as Odontaspis acutissima by Leriche (1926), Weiler (1938), Leriche (1942), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1981), Purdy et al. (2001); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima by Heinrich (1969), Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Synodontaspis acutissima by Cappetta (1987); it was recombined as Carcharias acutissima by Dutheil (1991), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Kocsis (2007), Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Carcharias acutissimus by Villafaña et al. (2020).

Synonyms
  • Odontaspis vorax was named by le Hon (1871).

    It was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax by Heinrich (1969); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax by Van Den Bosch (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias acutissima by Marsili et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna acutissima Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 33,34
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima Agassiz p. 294 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 33-34
1871Odontaspis vorax le Hon
1876Lamna acutissima Lawley
1889Odontaspis vorax Woodward p. 373
1926Odontaspis acutissima Leriche p. 393
1938Odontaspis acutissima Weiler p. 8
1942Odontaspis acutissima Leriche p. 65
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima Heinrich p. 47
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax Heinrich p. 47
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Van Den Bosch p. 26 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 7-13
1977Odontaspis acutissima Ciobanu p. 44
1981Odontaspis acutissima Case p. 59
1987Synodontaspis acutissima Cappetta p. 90 figs. Fig. 80F-J
1991Carcharias acutissima Dutheil p. 28
2001Odontaspis acutissima Purdy et al. p. 104
2003Carcharias acutissima Antunes and Balbino p. 142
2007Carcharias acutissima Kocsis p. 31
2007Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima Marsili et al.
2017Carcharias acutissima Szabo et al.
2020Carcharias acutissimus Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciesacutissimus()

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.

†Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Odontaspis acutissima (42636)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Ukraine (Kirovograd) Carcharias acutissimus (132381)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Odontaspis acutissima (73434)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Hungary Odontaspis acutissima (124377)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Netherlands (Winterswijik) Odontaspis acutissima (87248)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Carcharias acutissimus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (87250)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Odontaspis acutissima (187379)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Austria Odontaspis acutissima (76129)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany Carcharias acutissimus (70360)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Slovakia Synodontaspis acutissima (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Odontaspis acutissima (71660)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Odontaspis acutissima (48887)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Hiroshima) Odontaspis acutissima (161447)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Odontaspis acutissima (84062)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria (Plesching bei Linz) Odontaspis acutissima (159375)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Carcharias acutissimus (49102)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Carcharias acutissimus (210593)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Carcharias acutissimus (70814)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Odontaspis acutissima (31326)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (45505)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Carcharias acutissimus (51002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) Odontaspis acutissima (161965)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Gifu) Odontaspis acutissima (161445)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Odontaspis acutissima (162017)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Odontaspis acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus (161996)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Carcharias acutissimus (161995)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Poland Odontaspis acutissima (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Odontaspis acutissima (162702 162703 162704 162713 162714)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Odontaspis acutissima (154117)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Odontaspis acutissima (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Odontaspis acutissima (151705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Odontaspis acutissima (110492)