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Sphyrna mokarran (great hammerhead)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Taxonomy
Zygaena mokarran was named by Rüppell (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sphyrna mokarran by Kocsis et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Zygaena mokarran Rüppell
2019Sphyrna mokarran Kocsis et al. p. 804 figs. 6G-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familySphyrnidaeGill 1872
genusSphyrnaRafinesque 1810
speciesmokarran(Rüppell 1837)

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.

Sphyrna mokarran Rüppell 1837 [great hammerhead]
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Sphyrna mokarran (31183)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Sphyrna mokarran (161524)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Sphyrna mokarran (85338)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Sphyrna mokarran (200110 200111)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Sphyrna mokarran (96700 187583)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Sphyrna mokarran (194518 275767 275769)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Sphyrna mokarran (191987 191995)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Sphyrna mokarran (154117)