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Sphyrna lewini (scalloped hammerhead)
Taxonomy
Zygaena lewini was named by Griffith and Smith (1834). It is extant.
It was recombined as Sphyrna lewini by Purdy et al. (2001), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Lin et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Sphyrna lewini by Purdy et al. (2001), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Lin et al. (2022).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Zygaena lewini Griffith and Smith |
| 1941 | Sphyrna diplana Springer |
| 2001 | Sphyrna lewini Purdy et al. p. 158 |
| 2011 | Sphyrna diplana Ralte et al. p. 343 figs. Pl 3, fig 10 |
| 2015 | Sphyrna lewini Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 61 fig. 6Q,R |
| 2022 | Sphyrna lewini Lin et al. p. 24 figs. 17I-L |
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Sphyrna lewini Griffith and Smith 1834 [scalloped hammerhead]
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Invalid names: Sphyrna diplana Springer 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Calabrian or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Mizoram) | Sphyrna diplana (241735) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Sphyrna diplana (87485) | |
| Middle Miocene | India | Sphyrna diplana (72085) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Orissa) | Sphyrna lewini (46343 46366) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Sphyrna lewini (160781) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | Sphyrna lewini (191987 191988 191990 191993) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Piura) | Sphyrna lewini (162465) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Sphyrna lewini (52582) | |
| Zanclean | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Sphyrna lewini (154117) | |
| Calabrian | Taiwan | Sphyrna lewini (275913) |