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Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark)
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).
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
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Squalus carcharias Linnaeus |
1835 | Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz p. 33 figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7 |
1838 | Carcharias productus Agassiz figs. Pl 30, figs 2-8 |
1839 | Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7 |
1841 | Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle |
1843 | Carcharodon productus Agassiz figs. Pl Q, figs 1,2 |
1843 | Carcharodon sulcidens Agassiz p. 254 |
1847 | Carcharodon sulcidens Gibbes p. 147 |
1876 | Carcharodon caifassi Lawley p. 23 |
1881 | Carcharodon etruscus Lawley p. 17 |
1889 | Carcharodon rondeleti Woodward p. 420 |
1902 | Carcharodon carcharias Hay p. 307 |
1904 | Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias Eastman p. 25 |
1918 | Carcharodon rondeletii Chapman p. 20 |
1922 | Carcharodon carcharias Jordan p. 340 |
1924 | Carcharodon carcharias Chapman and Cudmore p. 135 |
1926 | Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 422 |
1942 | Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 77 |
1996 | Carcharodon carcharias Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 32 |
1998 | Carcharodon carcharias Yabe and Hirayama p. 41 |
2001 | Carcharodon carcharias Purdy et al. p. 137 |
2009 | Carcharodon carcharias Adnet et al. p. 10 |
2011 | Carcharodon carcharias Boessenecker p. 12 figs. 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.22, 4.1-4.10 |
2018 | Carcharodon carcharias Kent p. 76 |
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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
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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 |
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Early/Lower Miocene | India (Orissa) | Carcharodon carcharias (42842) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | India | Carcharodon carcharias (78641) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Chile | Carcharodon carcharias (102183) | |
Burdigalian | Slovakia | Carcharodon productus, Carcharodon sulcidens (48642) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Cuba | Carcharodon carcharias (159595) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | Carcharodon sulcidens (59059) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Mie) | Carcharodon sulcidens (161446) | |
Middle Miocene | India | Carcharodon carcharias (72085 78614) | |
Tortonian | Panama | Carcharodon carcharias (24237) | |
Tortonian | USA (California) | Carcharodon sulcidens (50069) | |
Tortonian | Chile | Carcharodon carcharias (69730) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | USA (California) | Carcharodon sulcidens (97234) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Peru | Carcharodon carcharias (46083) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Florida) | Carcharodon carcharias (162457) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Carcharodon rondeleti (162703) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Chile (Antwerpen) | Carcharodon carcharias (154114) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Chile (Coquimbo) | Carcharodon carcharias (221849) | |
Hemphillian | USA (California) | Carcharodon sulcidens (52220) | |
Messinian | Peru | Carcharodon carcharias (13079) | |
Messinian | Japan (Chiba) | Carcharodon carcharias (202927) | |
Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharodon carcharias (46167) | |
Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | Carcharodon carcharias (55535) | |
Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | Carcharodon carcharias (45458) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154117) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Japan (Chiba) | Carcharodon carcharias (70006) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | Carcharodon sulcidens (97230) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Carcharodon carcharias (212232) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharodon carcharias (52582) | |
Zanclean | USA (California) | Carcharodon carcharias (117471 184960) Carcharodon sulcidens (50068) | |
Zanclean | South Africa | Carcharodon carcharias (100313) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharodon carcharias (46068 51328 51335) | |
Zanclean | Spain (Alicante) | Carcharodon carcharias (118104) | |
Zanclean | Chile | Carcharodon carcharias (68271 69731) | |
Zanclean | Libya | Carcharodon carcharias (136597) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Carcharodon carcharias (51414) | |
Pliocene | Angola | Carcharodon carcharias (154111) | |
Pliocene | Japan (Kanagawa) | Carcharodon carcharias (161451) | |
Blancan | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon sulcidens (154118) | |
Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Carcharodon carcharias (28039) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharodon carcharias (159914) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Chile | Carcharodon carcharias (100174) | |
Piacenzian | USA (California) | Carcharodon carcharias (184953 184959 219849) | |
Piacenzian | Italy | Carcharodon carcharias (55759 220307) | |
Piacenzian | Italy (Pisa) | Carcharodon carcharias (88328) | |
Piacenzian | Italy (Florence) | Carcharodon carcharias (45480) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharodon carcharias (51405) | |
Mangapanian | New Zealand (North Island) | Carcharodon rondeleti (204178) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Hokuriku) | Carcharodon carcharias (161503) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Carcharodon carcharias (204328 204329) | |
Calabrian | Brazil | Carcharodon carcharias (52644) | |
Calabrian | Japan | Carcharodon carcharias (51304) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Carcharodon carcharias (20400 58089) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Taiwan (Tainan) | Carcharodon carcharias (76844) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Carcharodon carcharias (20646) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Carcharodon carcharias (188304) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Carcharodon carcharias (59063 160361 190889) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Carcharodon carcharias (187584) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Selachimorpha indet. (221970) |