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Carcharias tenuis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Scapanorhynchus tenuis was named by Davis (1890).

It was recombined as Scapanorhynchus raphiodon tenuis by Dalinkevičius (1935); it was recombined as Carcharias tenuis by Siverson (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. koerti, C. kraussi, C. schwimmeri, C. tricuspidatus, C. twiggsensis, C. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Scapanorhynchus tenuis Davis
1935Scapanorhynchus raphiodon tenuis Dalinkevičius p. 266 figs. Pl 3, figs 72-75
1992Carcharias tenuis Siverson p. 540 figs. Pl 3, figs 15-18

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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
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciestenuis(Davis 1890)

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 tenuis Davis 1890
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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 Albian to the top of the Danian or 106.30000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Scapanorhynchus tenuis (213709 213710)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Götaland) Carcharias tenuis (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Carcharias tenuis (74334 74335 102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Carcharias tenuis (214340)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Carcharias tenuis (106411)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Scapanorhynchus tenuis (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Carcharias tenuis (90575 90576)