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Brachycarcharias koerti
Taxonomy
Otodus koerti was named by Stromer (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adabion, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo.
It was recombined as Odontaspis koerti by White (1926); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Parodontaspis) koerti by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); it was recombined as Serratolamna koerti by Landemaine (1991); it was recombined as Carcharias koerti by Dutheil and Merle (1992); it was recombined as Brachycarcharias koerti by Marramà et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Odontaspis koerti by White (1926); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Parodontaspis) koerti by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); it was recombined as Serratolamna koerti by Landemaine (1991); it was recombined as Carcharias koerti by Dutheil and Merle (1992); it was recombined as Brachycarcharias koerti by Marramà et al. (2019).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Otodus koerti Stromer p. 496 |
| 1926 | Odontaspis koerti White p. 15 |
| 1943 | Odontaspis (Parodontaspis) koerti Dartevelle and Casier p. 124 figs. Pl 4, figs 14-26 |
| 1991 | Serratolamna koerti Landemaine p. 15 |
| 1992 | Carcharias koerti Dutheil and Merle p. 16 figs. 2, 3 |
| 2019 | Brachycarcharias koerti Marramà et al. p. 103 |
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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.
†Brachycarcharias koerti Stromer 1910
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†Odontaspis koerti itoriensis White 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Priabonian or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanetian | Togo | Odontaspis koerti (241194) | |
| Ypresian | France | Carcharias koerti (183748) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Togo | Odontaspis koerti (241193) | |
| Lutetian | Jordan | Carcharias koerti (65226) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Odontaspis koerti (60711 77257 187560) | |
| Lutetian | Angola (Cabinda) | Odontaspis koerti (83988 242382 242405 275442) | |
| Lutetian | Angola | Odontaspis koerti (242407) | |
| Lutetian | Congo-Kinshasa | Odontaspis koerti (275438) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | Carcharias koerti (133429) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Serratolamna koerti (209371) | |
| Lutetian - Chattian | Congo-Kinshasa | Odontaspis koerti (275437) | |
| Bartonian | Western Sahara | Carcharias koerti (175734) | |
| Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | Odontaspis koerti (5387) | |
| Bartonian | Nigeria | Odontaspis koerti (32905) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | Carcharias koerti (96686) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Carcharias koerti (45640) |