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Sphyrna mokarran (great hammerhead)
Taxonomy
Zygaena mokarran was named by Rüppell (1837). It is extant.
It was recombined as Sphyrna mokarran by Kocsis et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Sphyrna mokarran by Kocsis et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Zygaena mokarran Rüppell |
| 2019 | Sphyrna mokarran Kocsis et al. p. 804 figs. 6G-N |
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Sphyrna mokarran Rüppell 1837 [great hammerhead]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 Miocene | Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) | Sphyrna mokarran (31183) | |
| Serravallian | France (Gironde) | Sphyrna mokarran (161524) | |
| Serravallian | France | Sphyrna mokarran (85338) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela | Sphyrna mokarran (200110 200111) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Sphyrna mokarran (96700 187583) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brunei Darussalam | Sphyrna mokarran (194518 275767 275769) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Sphyrna mokarran (191987 191995) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Sphyrna mokarran (154117) |