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Alopias vulpinus (common thresher)
Taxonomy
Squalus vulipinis was named by Bonnaterre (1788). It is extant.
It was recombined as Alopias vulpinus by Fitch (1970), Antunes et al. (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Cappetta and Cavallo (2006), Brisswalter (2009), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Landini et al. (2019), Marramà et al. (2026).
It was recombined as Alopias vulpinus by Fitch (1970), Antunes et al. (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Cappetta and Cavallo (2006), Brisswalter (2009), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Landini et al. (2019), Marramà et al. (2026).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-28; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-12-23
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1788 | Squalus vulipinis Bonnaterre |
| 1970 | Alopias vulpinus Fitch p. 12 |
| 1981 | Alopias vulpinus Antunes et al. p. 17 |
| 1987 | Alopias vulpinus Kumar and Loyal p. 64 |
| 2001 | Alopias vulpinus Purdy et al. p. 107 |
| 2006 | Alopias vulpinus Cappetta and Cavallo p. 41 figs. Pl 2, fig 1 |
| 2009 | Alopias vulpinus Brisswalter p. 28 figs. Pl 3, fig 12; text-fig 24 |
| 2009 | Alopias vulpinus Cicimurri and Knight p. 630 |
| 2016 | Alopias vulpinus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 6 figs. 3.22-3.26 |
| 2018 | Alopias vulpinus Kent p. 98 |
| 2019 | Alopias vulpinus Landini et al. p. 358 |
| 2026 | Alopias vulpinus Marramà et al. p. 8 |
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Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 [common thresher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Alopias vulpinus (31267) | |
| Chattian | USA (California) | Alopias vulpinus (11601) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Alopias vulpinus (97550) | |
| Aquitanian | Peru (Ica) | Alopias vulpinus (278688) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Alopias vulpinus (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcón) | Alopias vulpinus (228725 276389 276390) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Alopias vulpinus (100330) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Portugal | Alopias vulpinus (277556) | |
| Serravallian | France | Alopias vulpinus (277907 277908) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Alopias vulpinus (191987 191998) | |
| Zanclean | Libya | Alopias vulpinus (136597) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Alopias vulpinus (276542) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Alopias vulpinus (52582) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Alopias vulpinus (100313) | |
| Zanclean | Spain (Huelva) | Alopias vulpinus (151890) | |
| Pliocene - Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Alopias vulpinus (242028) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Alopias vulpinus (188304) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Alopias vulpinus (59063 190889) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Alopias vulpinus (276600) |