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Carcharhinus priscus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Carcharhinus priscus was named by Agassiz (1843). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albomarginatus, C. balochensis, C. brachiurus, C. brachurus, C. longimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz
2003Carcharhinus priscus Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 124
2005Carcharhinus priscus dos Reis p. 35
2007Carcharhinus priscus Kocsis p. 36
2015Carcharhinus priscus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 13
2018Carcharhinus priscus Kent p. 117
2020Carcharhinus priscus Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusCarcharhinusde Blainville 1816
speciespriscus

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.

†Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available