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Alopecias

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Alopecias was named by Canto (1886).

It was assigned to Lamnidae by Woodward (1889), Leriche (1926), Bohm (1926) and Leriche (1942); and to Alopiidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Alopecias Canto
1889Alopecias Woodward p. 375
1926Alopecias Bohm p. 80
1926Alopecias Leriche p. 411
1942Alopecias Leriche p. 73
1963Alopecias Jordan p. 599

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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
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusAlopeciasCanto 1886

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.

G. †Alopecias Canto 1886
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) A. smithwoodwardi (149316)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. latidens (213136)