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Carcharhinus frequens

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias (Aprionodon) frequens was named by Dames (1883).

It was recombined as Carcharhinus frequens by Adnet et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. longimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Carcharias (Aprionodon) frequens Dames p. 143 figs. Taf. 3, Fig 7a-p
1926Carcharias (Aprionodon) frequens Bohm p. 79
2020Carcharhinus frequens Adnet et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciesfrequens(Dames 1883)

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.

†Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 41.30000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Carcharias frequens (42054)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Carcharhinus frequens (173640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Carcharhinus frequens (32899)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Carcharhinus frequens (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Carcharias frequens (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Carcharhinus frequens (145984)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Carcharhinus frequens (62468)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Carcharhinus frequens (42842)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Carcharhinus frequens (46365)