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Carcharias hardingi

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Odontaspis hardingi was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hop Brook (HBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Synodontaspis hardingi by Peng et al. (2001); it was recombined as Carcharias hardingi by Beavan (1995), Case and Cappetta (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Odontaspis hardingi Cappetta and Case p. 20 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-16
1995Carcharias hardingi Beavan
2001Synodontaspis hardingi Peng et al. p. 5
2004Carcharias hardingi Case and Cappetta p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
specieshardingi()

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.

Carcharias hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Synodontaspis hardingi (45561 45564)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis hardingi (14504 57916)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis hardingi (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748)