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Carcharias acutissimus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima was named by Agassiz (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lamna acutissima by Agassiz (1843) and Lawley (1876); it was recombined as Odontaspis acutissima by Leriche (1926), Weiler (1938), Leriche (1942), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1981) and Purdy et al. (2001); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima by Heinrich (1969) and Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Synodontaspis acutissima by Cappetta (1987); it was recombined as Carcharias acutissima by Dutheil (1991), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Kocsis (2007) and Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Carcharias acutissimus by Villafaña et al. (2020).

Synonyms
  • Odontaspis vorax was named by le Hon (1871).

    It was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax by Heinrich (1969); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax by Van Den Bosch (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias acutissima by Marsili et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna acutissima Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 33,34
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima Agassiz p. 294 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 33-34
1871Odontaspis vorax le Hon
1876Lamna acutissima Lawley
1889Odontaspis vorax Woodward p. 373
1926Odontaspis acutissima Leriche p. 393
1938Odontaspis acutissima Weiler p. 8
1942Odontaspis acutissima Leriche p. 65
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima Heinrich p. 47
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax Heinrich p. 47
1969Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Van Den Bosch p. 26 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 7-13
1977Odontaspis acutissima Ciobanu p. 44
1981Odontaspis acutissima Case p. 59
1987Synodontaspis acutissima Cappetta p. 90 figs. Fig. 80F-J
1991Carcharias acutissima Dutheil p. 28
2001Odontaspis acutissima Purdy et al. p. 104
2003Carcharias acutissima Antunes and Balbino p. 142
2007Carcharias acutissima Kocsis p. 31
2007Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima Marsili et al.
2017Carcharias acutissima Szabo et al.
2020Carcharias acutissimus Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCarchariidaeMuller and Henle
genusCarchariasRafinesque 1810
speciesacutissimus()

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.

†Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Ukraine (Kirovograd) Carcharias acutissimus (132381)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Odontaspis acutissima (42636)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Odontaspis acutissima (73434)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Odontaspis acutissima (124377)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands (Winterswijik) Odontaspis acutissima (87248)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Carcharias acutissimus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Odontaspis acutissima (187379)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (87250)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria Odontaspis acutissima (76129)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Odontaspis acutissima (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia Synodontaspis acutissima (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Carcharias acutissimus (70360)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Odontaspis acutissima (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Hiroshima) Odontaspis acutissima (161447)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Odontaspis acutissima (84062)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Carcharias acutissimus (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Plesching bei Linz) Odontaspis acutissima (159375)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Carcharias acutissimus (49102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Carcharias acutissimus (210593)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (45505)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Odontaspis acutissima (31326)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Carcharias acutissimus (51002)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Odontaspis acutissima (161445)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) Odontaspis acutissima (161965)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Odontaspis acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Carcharias acutissimus (161995)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Odontaspis acutissima (162017)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Odontaspis acutissima (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Odontaspis acutissima (162702 162703 162704 162713 162714)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Odontaspis acutissima (53889)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Odontaspis acutissima (154117)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Odontaspis acutissima (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Odontaspis acutissima (151705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Odontaspis acutissima (110492)