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Carcharhinus macloti

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias macloti was named by Muller and Henle (1839).

It was recombined as Carcharhinus macloti by Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Carcharias macloti Muller and Henle
2001Carcharhinus macloti Purdy et al. p. 152
2018Carcharhinus macloti Kent p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciesmacloti(Muller and Henle 1839)

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 macloti Muller and Henle 1839
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 47.80000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Carcharhinus macloti (4868)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Carcharhinus macloti (126605)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Carcharhinus macloti (96800)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Carcharhinus macloti (191987 191988 191993 191995 191998)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus macloti (52582)