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Alopias superciliosus (bigeye thresher)
Taxonomy
Alopecias superciliosus was named by Lowe (1840). It is extant.
It was recombined as Alopias superciliosus by Karasawa (1989), Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Brisswalter (2009), Cigala Fulgosi et al. (2009), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Cappetta et al. (2016), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Marramà et al. (2026).
It was recombined as Alopias superciliosus by Karasawa (1989), Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Brisswalter (2009), Cigala Fulgosi et al. (2009), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Cappetta et al. (2016), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Marramà et al. (2026).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-28
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Alopecias superciliosus Lowe |
| 1989 | Alopias superciliosus Karasawa p. 14 figs. Pl 2, fig 2 |
| 2001 | Alopias superciliosus Purdy et al. p. 107 |
| 2003 | Alopias superciliosus Antunes and Balbino p. 143 |
| 2009 | Alopias superciliosus Brisswalter p. 28 figs. Pl 10, fig 2 |
| 2009 | Alopias superciliosus Cigala Fulgosi et al. p. 15 figs. 7.20, 7.21 |
| 2015 | Alopias superciliosus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 61 fig. 5E,F |
| 2016 | Alopias superciliosus Cappetta et al. p. 268 figs. 5A-G |
| 2016 | Alopias superciliosus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 86 |
| 2018 | Alopias superciliosus Kent p. 98 |
| 2019 | Alopias superciliosus Landini et al. p. 357 |
| 2019 | Alopias superciliosus Villafaña et al. p. 12 figs. 7Y-AA |
| 2026 | Alopias superciliosus Marramà et al. p. 8 |
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Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 [bigeye thresher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupelian | Czechia (Moravia) | Alopias superciliosus (210132) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | Alopias exigua (125331) Alopias superciliosus (276544) | |
| Aquitanian | Russian Federation (Sakhalin) | Alopias superciliosus (138022) | |
| Aquitanian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Alopias superciliosus (182218) | |
| Aquitanian | Peru (Ica) | Alopias superciliosus (278688) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Alopias superciliosus (241729) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Alopias superciliosus (71660) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Alopias superciliosus (48887) | |
| Neogene | Indian Ocean | Alopias superciliosus (55451) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru | Alopias superciliosus (167732) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Alopias superciliosus (100330) | |
| Langhian | France | Alopias superciliosus (277771) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | Alopias superciliosus (161492) | |
| Serravallian | France | Alopias superciliosus (277907 277908 277911) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Alopias superciliosus (160781) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Alopias superciliosus (162678) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Alopias superciliosus (191995 191996) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Alopias superciliosus (65954) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Alopias superciliosus (204946) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Alopias superciliosus (277335) |