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Carcharhinus obscurus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Squalus obscurus was named by Le Sueur (1818).

It was recombined as Carcharhinus obscurus by Purdy et al. (2001) and Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. longimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Squalus obscurus Le Sueur
2001Carcharhinus obscurus Purdy et al. p. 153
2014Carcharhinus obscurus Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84

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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
speciesobscurus(Le Sueur 1818)

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 obscurus Le Sueur 1818
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Grenada Carcharhinus obscurus (162023)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Carcharhinus obscurus (43063)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Carcharhinus obscurus (162020 162021 162024 162025)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica Carcharhinus obscurus (91357)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Carcharhinus obscurus (204348)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus obscurus (160781)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Carcharhinus obscurus (96700)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Panama (Colon) Carcharhinus obscurus (168112)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Carcharhinus obscurus (191987 191988 191989 191990 191993 191994 191995 191996 191997)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Carcharhinus obscurus (65955)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Carcharhinus obscurus (154117)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus obscurus (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharhinus obscurus (154118)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador Carcharhinus obscurus (204353)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Carcharhinus obscurus (91707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Carcharhinus obscurus (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Carcharhinus obscurus (187584)