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Carcharhinus falciformis
Taxonomy
Carcharias falciformis was named by Bibron (1841) [Bibron 1841 in Muller and Henle, 1839-1841].
It was recombined as Carcharhinus falciformis by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2006) and Kent (2018).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus falciformis by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2006) and Kent (2018).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Carcharias falciformis Bibron |
| 2001 | Carcharhinus falciformis Purdy et al. p. 151 |
| 2006 | Carcharhinus falciformis Carnevale et al. p. 362 |
| 2018 | Carcharhinus falciformis Kent p. 115 |
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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.
†Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Malta (Bahrija) | Carcharhinus falciformis (161388) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharhinus falciformis (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Lara) | Carcharhinus falciformis (145379) | |
| Burdigalian | Malta (Bahrija) | Carcharhinus falciformis (161386) | |
| Burdigalian | Malta (Gozo) | Carcharhinus falciformis (161385) | |
| Serravallian | Panama (Colon) | Carcharhinus falciformis (160574) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | Carcharhinus falciformis (161384) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Carcharhinus falciformis (96700) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Carcharhinus falciformis (191987 191995) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Piura) | Carcharhinus falciformis (162465) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Carcharhinus falciformis (162678) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Carcharhinus falciformis (154117) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Carcharhinus falciformis (204946 219785) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Tuscany) | Carcharhinus falciformis (190383) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (South Carolina) | Carcharhinus falciformis (91707) |