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Carcharodon (white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Carcharodon Smith
1847Carcharodon Gibbes p. 142
1888Carcharodon Davis p. 8
1889Carcharodon Woodward p. 410
1901Carcharodon Ameghino p. 83
1902Carcharodon Hay p. 307
1904Carcharodon Chapman and Pritchard p. 283
1904Carcharodon Eastman p. 82
1906Carcharodon Andrews p. 319
1918Carcharodon Chapman p. 18
1919Carcharodon Jordan and Gilbert p. 22
1923Carcharodon Jordan and Hanibal p. 53
1924Carcharodon Chapman and Cudmore p. 133
1926Carcharodon White p. 12
1927Carcharodon Arambourg p. 224
1938Carcharodon Weiler p. 8
1942Carcharodon Leriche p. 35
1946Carcharodon Rapp p. 510
1958Carcharodon Casier p. 70
1960Procarcharodon Casier
1963Carcharodon Jordan p. 599
1977Carcharodon Herman p. 166
1980Procarcharodon Case
1981Procarcharodon Case p. 56
1983Carcharodon Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1987Procarcharodon Kumar and Loyal p. 63
1996Carcharodon Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 25
1996Carcharodon Martin p. 51
1998Carcharodon Yabe and Hirayama p. 41
2000Carcharodon Gottfried and Fordyce p. 731
2001Carcharodon Donovan and Gunter p. 212
2001Carcharodon Gottfried and Fordyce
2001Carcharodon Purdy et al. p. 123
2002Carcharodon Sepkoski
2003Carcharodon Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 123
2005Carcharodon Compagno
2007Carcharodon Marsili et al. p. 36
2009Carcharodon Adnet et al. p. 10
2009Carcharodon Ehret et al. p. 3
2012Carcharodon Cione et al. p. 169 figs. Fig. 6
2012Carcharodon Ehret et al. p. 1145
2014Carcharodon Maisch et al. p. 188
2018Carcharodon Kent p. 71
2019Carcharodon Cantalice et al. p. 431
2020Carcharodon Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838

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.

G. Carcharodon Smith 1838 [white shark]
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Subg. †Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) Thurmond and Jones 1981
Carcharodon acutidens Gibbes 1847
Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898
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Invalid names: Carcharodon riversi Jordan 1907 [synonym]
Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Carcharodon robustus Davis 1888 [synonym]
Carcharodon branneri Jordan 1907
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 [great white shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias productus Agassiz 1838 [synonym], Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Carcharodon caifassi Lawley 1876 [synonym], Carcharodon etruscus Lawley 1881 [synonym], Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle 1841 [synonym]
Carcharodon debrayi Leriche 1906
Carcharodon disauris Agassiz 1835
Carcharodon escheri Agassiz 1843
Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838
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Isurus hastalis trigonodon van de Geyn 1937
Invalid names: Isurus smithii Jordan 1907 [synonym], Oxyrhina acuminata Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina lata Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina trigonodon Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Oxyrhina tumula Agassiz 1856 [synonym]
Carcharodon heterodon Agassiz 1835
Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret et al. 2012
Carcharodon humilis Koch 1904
Carcharodon lanceolatus Agassiz 1838
Carcharodon lanciformis Gibbes 1847
Carcharodon leptodon Agassiz 1835
Carcharodon leviathan Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Carcharodon megalotis Agassiz 1835
Carcharodon morricei Jordan 1926
Carcharodon mortoni Gibbes 1847
Carcharodon nodai Yabumoto 1989
Carcharodon orientalis Sinzow 1899
Carcharodon purplei Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Carcharodon semiserratus Agassiz 1839
Carcharodon subserratus Agassiz 1843
Carcharodon tembloris Jordan 1926
Carcharodon toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Carcharodon turgidus Agassiz 1839
Invalid names: Procarcharodon Casier 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available