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Alopias superciliosus (bigeye thresher)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Alopecias superciliosus Lowe
2001Alopias superciliosus Purdy et al. p. 107
2003Alopias superciliosus Antunes and Balbino p. 143
2015Alopias superciliosus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 61 fig. 5E,F
2016Alopias superciliosus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 86
2018Alopias superciliosus Kent p. 98
2019Alopias superciliosus Landini et al. p. 357

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAlopiidaeBonaparte 1838
genusAlopiasRafinesque 1810
speciessuperciliosus(Lowe 1840)

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.

Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 [bigeye thresher]
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the MN 13 or 23.04000 to 5.09000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Alopias superciliosus (138022)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia (La Guajira) Alopias superciliosus (182218)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Alopias superciliosus (71660)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Alopias superciliosus (48887)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Alopias superciliosus (55451)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru (Ica) Alopias superciliosus (100330)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru Alopias superciliosus (167732)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Hokuriku) Alopias superciliosus (161492)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Alopias superciliosus (160781)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Alopias superciliosus (191995 191996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Alopias superciliosus (162678)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal Alopias superciliosus (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Alopias superciliosus (204946)