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Carcharias adneti

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias adneti was named by Vullo (2005). Its type specimen is CLD 48, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Le Caillaud cliff, Talmont, which is in a Campanian marine limestone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. actussimus, C. acustissima, C. crassidens, C. heptosuspidatus, C. hoperi, C. robustus, C. schwimmeri, C. trisuspidatus, C. twiggsensis, C. whitei, C. aculeata
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-09-05; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-06-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Carcharias adneti Vullo p. 618 figs. 4D-L
2007Carcharias adneti Cahuzac et al. p. 21
2013Carcharias adneti Guinot et al. p. 646 figs. 20E-Z

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciesadneti

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 adneti Vullo 2005
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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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) Carcharias adneti (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Carcharias adneti (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Carcharias adneti (213376 213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) Carcharias adneti (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) Carcharias adneti (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Carcharias adneti (213378 213379 213382 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Carcharias adneti (157587)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Carcharias adneti (157588 213562)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Carcharias sp. (214032)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Carcharias adneti (type locality: 61352 61353)