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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Hemphillian or 23.03000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Oman Carcharhinus priscus (224898)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Carcharhinus priscus (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia Carcharhinus priscus (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Carcharhinus priscus (65162)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Carcharhinus priscus (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Carcharhinus priscus (47026)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary Carcharhinus priscus (210623)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Carcharhinus priscus (210593)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Carcharhinus priscus (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Carcharhinus priscus (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus priscus (161493)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Carcharhinus priscus (161620)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Carcharhinus priscus (148227 161912 161934)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) Carcharhinus priscus (161623)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Carcharhinus priscus (51002)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Carcharhinus priscus (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica Carcharhinus priscus (91357)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus priscus (161492 161494 161495 161496)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Styria) Carcharhinus priscus (161935)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) Carcharhinus priscus (161907 161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus priscus (161489 161497 161501)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Carcharhinus priscus (161524 161525 161527)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Carcharhinus priscus (162017)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Carcharhinus priscus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Carcharhinus priscus (161993)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Carcharhinus priscus (208831)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru Carcharhinus priscus (46083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Carcharhinus priscus (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Carcharhinus priscus (51997)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Hokuriku) Carcharhinus priscus (161498 161499)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Shimane) Carcharhinus priscus (52005)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Carcharhinus priscus (56459)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Carcharhinus priscus (144596)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Carcharhinus priscus (151704 151705)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Carcharhinus priscus (154111)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Carcharhinus priscus (59003)