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Cetorhinus maximus
Taxonomy
Squalus maximus was named by Gunner (1765). It is extant. It is the type species of Cetorhinus.
It was recombined as Cetorhinus maximus by Welton (2013).
It was recombined as Cetorhinus maximus by Welton (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1765 | Squalus maximus Gunner |
| 1871 | Hannovera aurata Van Beneden p. 504 |
| 1876 | Selache (Hannovera) aurata Van Beneden p. 299 |
| 1882 | Selache duponti Hasse |
| 1889 | Cetorhinus duponti Woodward |
| 2013 | Cetorhinus maximus Welton p. 5 |
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Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765
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Invalid names: Hannovera aurata Van Beneden 1871 [synonym], Selache duponti Hasse 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Purdy 1988, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.65000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Japan (Saitama) | Cetorhinus maximus (161441) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Cetorhinus maximus (161965) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Hokuriku) | Cetorhinus maximus (161494) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | Cetorhinus maximus (161993) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Cetorhinus maximus (98312) | |
| Tortonian - Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (188305) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Cetorhinus maximus (199811) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Cetorhinus maximus (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Cetorhinus maximus (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Selache aurata (47465) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (184950) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (117471 184963 184965) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Cetorhinus maximus (204946) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | Cetorhinus maximus (96766) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Cetorhinus maximus (59003) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (184957) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Kanagawa) | Cetorhinus maximus (161454) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (160361) |