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Carcharhinini

Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharhinini was named by Jordan and Evermann (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carcharhininae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Landau et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Carcharhinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Carcharhinini Jordan and Evermann
1997Carcharhinini Noubhani and Cappetta p. 88
2025Carcharhinini Landau et al. p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
RankNameAuthor
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
subfamilyCarcharhininaeJordan and Evermann 1896
tribeCarcharhininiJordan and Evermann 1896
tribeCarcharhininiJordan and Evermann 1896

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.

Tr. Carcharhinini Jordan and Evermann 1896
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G. Carcharhinus de Blainville 1816
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†Carcharhinus ackermani Santos and Travasos 1960
†Carcharhinus acuarius Probst 1879
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides Whitley 1934 [graceful shark]
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Bleeker 1856 [grey reef shark]
Carcharhinus amboinensis Muller and Henle 1839 [pigeye shark]
†Carcharhinus antiquus Agassiz 1856
†Carcharhinus balochenisis Adnet et al. 2007
Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 [copper shark]
†Carcharhinus cionei Laurito 1999
†Carcharhinus dicelmai Collareta et al. 2022
†Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
†Carcharhinus elongatus Leriche 1910
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 [silky shark]
†Carcharhinus frequens Dames 1883
Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889
†Carcharhinus gilmorei Leriche 1942
†Carcharhinus kasserinensis Adnet et al. 2020
Carcharhinus lamia Cuvier 1817
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Invalid names: Carcharhinus commersoni Blainville 1816 [synonym]
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 [bull shark]
Carcharhinus longimanus Poey 1861 [oceanic whitetip shark]
†Carcharhinus macloti Muller and Henle 1839
†Carcharhinus magdalenae Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Carcharhinus malembeensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943
†Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019
†Carcharhinus marcaisi Arambourg 1952
Carcharhinus melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [blacktip reef shark]
Carcharhinus obscurus Le Sueur 1818 [dusky shark]
†Carcharhinus perseus Adnet et al. 2007
Carcharhinus plumbeus Nardo 1827 [sandbar shark]
Carcharhinus porosus Ranzani 1839
†Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Carcharhinus sealei Pietschmann 1913 [blackspot shark]
Carcharhinus signatus Poey 1868 [night shark]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 45.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (348 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) Carcharhinus sp. (133687)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Carcharhinus sp. (79971)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Carcharhinus nigeriensis (187560)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) Carcharhinus macloti (4868)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Carcharhinus mancinae (81238)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Carcharhinus sp. (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Carcharhinus sp., Negaprion gibbesi (209371) Negaprion gibbesi (209370)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Carcharhinus sp. (53666)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Negaprion gibbesi (2412)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Egypt Carcharhinus sp. (137536 137537 137538 137539 137540 137541)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Egypt Carcharhinus sp. 1, Carcharhinus sp. 2 (62459)
Lutetian - Chattian48.07 - 23.04Congo-Kinshasa Carcharhinus egertoni (275437)
Late/Upper Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Texas) Carcharhinus sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Gujarat) Carcharhinus mancinae (237204) Galeocerdo sp. (48074)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Carcharhinus kasserinensis, Carcharhinus frequens (173640)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Negaprion gibbesi (61249)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Carcharhinus mancinae (81266 81278 209520) Negaprion gibbesi (83251)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Western Sahara Carcharhinus sp. (175734 235062)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Nigeria Carcharhinus nigeriensis (32905)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Negaprion gibbesi (3534)