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Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Squalus carcharias was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias by Eastman (1904); it was recombined as Carcharodon carcharias by Hay (1902), Jordan (1922), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Yabe and Hirayama (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Adnet et al. (2009), Boessenecker (2011) and Kent (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Squalus carcharias Linnaeus
1835Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz p. 33 figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1838Carcharias productus Agassiz figs. Pl 30, figs 2-8
1839Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1841Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle
1843Carcharodon productus Agassiz figs. Pl Q, figs 1,2
1843Carcharodon sulcidens Agassiz p. 254
1847Carcharodon sulcidens Gibbes p. 147
1876Carcharodon caifassi Lawley p. 23
1881Carcharodon etruscus Lawley p. 17
1889Carcharodon rondeleti Woodward p. 420
1902Carcharodon carcharias Hay p. 307
1904Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias Eastman p. 25
1918Carcharodon rondeletii Chapman p. 20
1922Carcharodon carcharias Jordan p. 340
1924Carcharodon carcharias Chapman and Cudmore p. 135
1926Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 422
1942Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 77
1996Carcharodon carcharias Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 32
1998Carcharodon carcharias Yabe and Hirayama p. 41
2001Carcharodon carcharias Purdy et al. p. 137
2009Carcharodon carcharias Adnet et al. p. 10
2011Carcharodon carcharias Boessenecker p. 12 figs. 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.22, 4.1-4.10
2018Carcharodon carcharias Kent p. 76

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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
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838
speciescarcharias()

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.

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]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Carcharodon carcharias (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Carcharodon carcharias (78641)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Chile Carcharodon carcharias (102183)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Carcharodon productus, Carcharodon sulcidens (48642)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Cuba Carcharodon carcharias (159595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (59059)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Mie) Carcharodon sulcidens (161446)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India Carcharodon carcharias (72085 78614)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Carcharodon carcharias (24237)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (50069)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Chile Carcharodon carcharias (69730)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (97234)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru Carcharodon carcharias (46083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (162457)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Carcharodon rondeleti (162703)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile (Antwerpen) Carcharodon carcharias (154114)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Chile (Coquimbo) Carcharodon carcharias (221849)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (52220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Carcharodon carcharias (13079)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) Carcharodon carcharias (202927)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (46167)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Carcharodon carcharias (55535)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Carcharodon carcharias (45458)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154117)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) Carcharodon carcharias (70006)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Carcharodon sulcidens (97230)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (212232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (117471 184960) Carcharodon sulcidens (50068)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Carcharodon carcharias (100313)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (46068 51328 51335)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Alicante) Carcharodon carcharias (118104)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile Carcharodon carcharias (68271 69731)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Carcharodon carcharias (136597)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (Tasmania) Carcharodon carcharias (51414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Carcharodon carcharias (154111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Kanagawa) Carcharodon carcharias (161451)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154118)
Waipipian3.6 - 3.0New Zealand (Hawera) Carcharodon carcharias (28039)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Carcharodon carcharias (159914)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile Carcharodon carcharias (100174)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (184953 184959 219849)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Carcharodon carcharias (55759 220307)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) Carcharodon carcharias (88328)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Florence) Carcharodon carcharias (45480)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (51405)
Mangapanian3.0 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Carcharodon rondeleti (204178)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharodon carcharias (161503)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon carcharias (204328 204329)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Brazil Carcharodon carcharias (52644)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Japan Carcharodon carcharias (51304)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Carcharodon carcharias (20400 58089)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Taiwan (Tainan) Carcharodon carcharias (76844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Carcharodon carcharias (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Carcharodon carcharias (59063 160361 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Carcharodon carcharias (187584)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Selachimorpha indet. (221970)