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Carcharhinus perezi (Caribbean reef shark)
Taxonomy
Platypodon perezi was named by Poey (1876). It is extant.
It was recombined as Carcharhinus perezi by Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2004), Marsili (2007), Cigala Fulgosi et al. (2009), García et al. (2011), Pimiento et al. (2013), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016); it was recombined as Carcharhinus perezii by dos Reis (2005), Kent (2018), Maisch IV et al. (2025), Cantalice et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus perezi by Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2004), Marsili (2007), Cigala Fulgosi et al. (2009), García et al. (2011), Pimiento et al. (2013), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016); it was recombined as Carcharhinus perezii by dos Reis (2005), Kent (2018), Maisch IV et al. (2025), Cantalice et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-28
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Platypodon perezi Poey |
| 2001 | Carcharhinus perezi Purdy et al. p. 154 |
| 2004 | Carcharhinus perezi Antunes and Balbino p. 88 fig. 7d |
| 2005 | Carcharhinus perezii dos Reis p. 34 |
| 2007 | Carcharhinus perezi Marsili p. 86 figs. Pl 1, figs 16,17 |
| 2009 | Carcharhinus perezi Cigala Fulgosi et al. p. 17 fig. 7.27 |
| 2011 | Carcharhinus perezi García et al. p. 482 figs. 6g,h, 7a-d |
| 2013 | Carcharhinus perezi Pimiento et al. |
| 2016 | Carcharhinus perezi Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 11 figs. 6.13-6.17 |
| 2018 | Carcharhinus perezii Kent p. 117 |
| 2025 | Carcharhinus perezii Cantalice et al. p. 11 |
| 2025 | Carcharhinus perezii Maisch IV et al. p. 31 |
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Carcharhinus perezi Poey 1876 [Caribbean reef shark]
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Carcharhinus egertoni (65162 112590) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Pará) | Carcharhinus perezi (276433 276435) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharhinus perezi (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcón) | Carcharhinus perezi (228725 276389 276390) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Carcharhinus perezii (18579) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Carcharhinus perezi (43063) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | Carcharhinus egertoni (58454) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Carcharhinus perezi (160565) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Carcharhinus perezi (96700) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Carcharhinus perezii (276265) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Mexico (Yucatan) | Carcharhinus perezii (239046) | |
| Messinian | Portugal (Alvalade) | Carcharhinus perezi (65955) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Carcharhinus perezi (65954 91423) | |
| Zanclean | Spain (Huelva) | Carcharhinus perezi (151889 276726) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharhinus perezi (52582) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Carcharhinus perezi (277335) |