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Cosmopolitodus plicatilis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Isurus plicatilis was named by Agassiz (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Carcharodon plicatilis by Cione et al. (2012); it was recombined as Cosmopolitodus plicatilis by Landini et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Isurus plicatilis Agassiz
2012Carcharodon plicatilis Cione et al. p. 170 figs. Fig. 6
2019Cosmopolitodus plicatilis Landini et al. p. 359

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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
genusCosmopolitodus
speciesplicatilis(Agassiz 1843)

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.

Cosmopolitodus plicatilis Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
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