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Carcharopsis
Taxonomy
Carcharopsis was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type is Carcharopsis prototypus.
It was assigned to Cladodontidae by Hay (1902); to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); to Chondrichthyes by Duffin and Cuny (2008); and to Elasmobranchii by Ginter et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Cladodontidae by Hay (1902); to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); to Chondrichthyes by Duffin and Cuny (2008); and to Elasmobranchii by Ginter et al. (2010).
Species
C. prototypus (type species), C. wortheni (syn. Dicrenodus texanus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Carcharopsis Agassiz p. 174 |
| 1902 | Carcharopsis Hay p. 271 |
| 1963 | Carcharopsis Jordan p. 593 |
| 2008 | Carcharopsis Duffin and Cuny p. 182 |
| 2010 | Carcharopsis Ginter et al. p. 82 |
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G. †Carcharopsis Agassiz 1843
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†Carcharopsis prototypus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharopsis wortheni Newberry and Worthen 1866
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Invalid names: Dicrenodus texanus Eastman 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available