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Carcharhinus galapagensis (Galapagos shark)
Taxonomy
Carcharias galapagensis was named by Snodgrass and Heller (1905). It is extant.
It was recombined as Carcharhinus galapagensis by Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus galapagensis by Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Carcharias galapagensis Snodgrass and Heller |
| 2016 | Carcharhinus galapagensis Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 11 figs. 5.21-5.25 |
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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.
Carcharhinus galapagensis Snodgrass and Heller 1905 [Galapagos shark]
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcón) | Carcharhinus galapagensis (276390) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Carcharhinus galapagensis (154117) |