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Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Squalus carcharias Linnaeus
1835Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz p. 33 figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1839Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1841Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle
1843Carcharodon sulcidens Agassiz p. 254
1847Carcharodon sulcidens Gibbes p. 147
1876Carcharodon caifassi Lawley p. 23
1881Carcharodon etruscus Lawley p. 17
1889Carcharodon rondeleti Woodward p. 420
1902Carcharodon carcharias Hay p. 307
1904Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias Eastman p. 25
1911Carcharodon rondeleti Di Stefano p. 392 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-7
1918Carcharodon rondeletii Chapman p. 20
1922Carcharodon carcharias Jordan p. 340
1924Carcharodon carcharias Chapman and Cudmore p. 135
1926Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 422
1927Carcharodon carcharias White p. 121 figs. Pl 19, fig 9
1942Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 77
1967Carcharodon carcharias Pledge p. 155 figs. Pl 4, fig 13
1968Carcharodon carcharias Fitch p. 5
1970Carcharodon carcharias Fitch p. 12
1975Carcharodon carcharias Uyeno and Matsushima p. 44 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b, 2a,b
1978Carcharodon carcharias Antunes p. 64 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-10; pl 2, figs 1,2
1979Carcharodon carcharias Uyeno and Matsushima p. 13 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3; pls 2-7; text-figs 2,3
1982Carcharodon sulcidens Deméré and Cerutti p. 1480 fig. 1D
1984Carcharodon carcharias Goto et al. p. 420 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7; text-figs 2-7
1988Carcharodon carcharias Nolf p. 172 figs. Pl 58, figs 1-4
1989Carcharodon carcharias Karasawa p. 18 figs. Pl 4, figs 9,10
1993Carcharodon carcharias Goto et al. p. 510 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3; pl 2, figs 1,2; text-figs 5-9
1996Carcharodon carcharias Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 32
1996Carcharodon carcharias Mora Morote p. 101 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6
1998Carcharodon carcharias Yabe and Hirayama p. 41
2001Carcharodon carcharias Purdy et al. p. 137
2001Carcharodon carcharias Tanaka p. 74 figs. 2.7-2.9
2007Carcharodon carcharias Marsili p. 25 figs. 3I-R
2009Carcharodon carcharias Adnet et al. p. 10
2010Carcharodon carcharias Antunes and Balbino p. 3 fig. 1
2010Carcharodon carcharias Cusumano and Di Patti p. 359 figs. 4--6
2011Carcharodon carcharias Boessenecker p. 12 figs. 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.22, 4.1-4.10
2011Carcharodon carcharias Ralte et al. p. 332 figs. Pl 1, figs 3-5,9
2013Carcharodon carcharias Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 197 fig. 3G,H
2015Carcharodon carcharias Bor and Peters p. 63 figs. 5a-f
2018Carcharodon carcharias Kent p. 76
2018Carcharodon carcharias Maisch IV et al. p. 363 fig. 4M,N
2020Carcharodon carcharias Nakai p. 13 fig. 2.1
2022Carcharodon carcharias Lin et al. p. 7 fig. 4
2025Carcharodon carcharias Baldanza et al. p. 15 fig. 8L,M
2025Carcharodon carcharias Maisch IV et al. p. 17
2025Carcharodon carcharias Rondelli p. 92 fig. 3

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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
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838
speciescarcharias()

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.

Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 [great white shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Carcharodon caifassi Lawley 1876 [synonym], Carcharodon etruscus Lawley 1881 [synonym], Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle 1841 [synonym]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Carcharodon carcharias (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Mizoram) Carcharodon carcharias (241735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Orissa) Carcharodon carcharias (42842)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Chile Carcharodon carcharias (102183)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Carcharodon sulcidens (48642)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Cuba Carcharodon carcharias (159595)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (59059)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Mie) Carcharodon sulcidens (161446)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India Carcharodon carcharias (72085 78614)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Carcharodon carcharias (24237)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (50069)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile Carcharodon carcharias (69730)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Carcharodon rondeleti (162703)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (162457)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Peru Carcharodon carcharias (46083)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (97234)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Mexico (Yucatan) Carcharodon carcharias (239047)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (276265)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Angola Carcharodon carcharias (276725)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Chile (Coquimbo) Carcharodon carcharias (221849)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (52220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) Carcharodon carcharias (202927)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Carcharodon carcharias (13079)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Angola Carcharodon carcharias (154111 276337 276724)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Carcharodon carcharias (45458)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Carcharodon carcharias (55535)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile Carcharodon carcharias (154114)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon carcharias (278431)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (46167)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) Carcharodon carcharias (70006)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (97230)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (212232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Carcharodon carcharias (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Carcharodon sulcidens (154115)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (117471 184960) Carcharodon sulcidens (50068)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Alicante) Carcharodon carcharias (118104)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan Carcharodon carcharias (278461)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Carcharodon carcharias (55759)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile Carcharodon carcharias (68271 69731)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Carcharodon carcharias (100313)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (46068 51328 51335)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Carcharodon carcharias (277521 277523 277527)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154117)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (Tasmania) Carcharodon carcharias (51414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Netherlands Carcharodon carcharias (276537)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Carcharodon carcharias (278404)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Carcharodon carcharias (277722 277723 277724 277725)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Kanagawa) Carcharodon carcharias (161451)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Atlantic Carcharodon carcharias (278446 278448)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Carcharodon carcharias (90489)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Carcharodon rondeleti (277825 277826 277827)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154118)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Hawera) Carcharodon carcharias (28039)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Carcharodon carcharias (159914)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile Carcharodon carcharias (100174)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Carcharodon carcharias (220307 276779) Carcharodon rondeleti (277824)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Portugal Carcharodon carcharias (276723)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chile Carcharodon carcharias (277614)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Florence) Carcharodon carcharias (45480)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Carcharias sulcidens (277422) Carcharodon carcharias (184953 184959 219849)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Carcharodon carcharias (161503 277593 277594 278430)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Pisa) Carcharodon carcharias (88328)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (51405)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (277712) Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (277711)
Mangapanian3.0 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Carcharodon rondeleti (204178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan Carcharodon carcharias (277721)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Chile Carcharodon carcharias (277617)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (188304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (204328 204329)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Taiwan Carcharodon carcharias (275913)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Carcharodon carcharias (51304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Carcharodon carcharias (277424)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Carcharodon carcharias (149603)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (20400 20402)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (58089)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Carcharodon carcharias (277596 277597 277718 277719 277720)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (276728)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Taiwan (Tainan) Carcharodon carcharias (76844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Carcharodon carcharias (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (59063 160361 190889 226585)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil Carcharodon carcharias (277332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Carcharodon carcharias (277717)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (276600)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Selachimorpha indet. (221970)