Carchariidae

Carchariidae is a family of lamniform sharks containing a single extant genus, Carcharias,

Carchariidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LamniformesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Lamniformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Lamniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Lamniformes

Time the record covers

At least 121 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 125.77 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 5 of 902 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 234 of 902 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 67 of 902 occurrencesEocene — about 214 of 902 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 70 of 902 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 249 of 902 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 41 of 902 occurrencesPleistocene — about 19 of 902 occurrences128–124 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 1 occurrence107–103 Mya — about 2 occurrences103–98 Mya — about 4 occurrences98–94 Mya — about 5 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 6 occurrences90–86 Mya — about 2 occurrences86–81 Mya — about 35 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 45 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 45 occurrences73–68 Mya — about 59 occurrences68–64 Mya — about 46 occurrences64–60 Mya — about 20 occurrences60–56 Mya — about 39 occurrences56–51 Mya — about 32 occurrences51–47 Mya — about 35 occurrences47–43 Mya — about 44 occurrences43–38 Mya — about 39 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 57 occurrences34–30 Mya — about 34 occurrences30–26 Mya — about 28 occurrences26–21 Mya — about 29 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 55 occurrences17–13 Mya — about 97 occurrences13–8.6 Mya — about 44 occurrences8.6–4.3 Mya — about 54 occurrences4.3–0 Mya — about 45 occurrences121.4 Mya11.7 ka128 Mya0 Mya

902 occurrences of Carchariidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

902 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

265 formations

London Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.62°N, 0.07°WLondon Clay — 51.60°N, 0.19°WLondon Clay — 51.54°N, 0.16°WLondon Clay — 51.27°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.08°ELondon Clay — 51.83°N, 1.25°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.70°ELondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.75°WLondon Clay — 51.25°N, 0.93°WLondon Clay — 51.90°N, 1.62°WLondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 50.88°N, 1.30°WLondon Clay — 50.93°N, 1.48°WLondon Clay — 50.80°N, 1.67°WLondon Clay — 51.07°N, 1.74°WFox Hills — 46.26°N, 100.55°WFox Hills — 46.28°N, 100.52°WFox Hills — 46.05°N, 103.88°WFox Hills — 46.47°N, 99.58°WFox Hills — 46.38°N, 100.85°WFox Hills — 46.10°N, 100.42°WFox Hills — 46.42°N, 100.74°WFox Hills — 46.30°N, 100.33°WFox Hills — 46.30°N, 100.39°WFox Hills — 46.03°N, 100.78°WFox Hills — 46.22°N, 103.99°WFox Hills — 46.11°N, 103.90°WFox Hills — 46.38°N, 100.32°WFox Hills — 46.41°N, 100.86°WFox Hills — 46.29°N, 100.18°WFox Hills — 44.52°N, 102.39°WMesaverde — 44.08°N, 107.74°WMesaverde — 44.10°N, 107.75°WMesaverde — 44.17°N, 107.81°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WNavesink — 40.35°N, 74.17°WNavesink — 40.33°N, 74.26°WNavesink — 40.38°N, 74.21°WAquia — 40.35°N, 74.25°WAquia — 38.42°N, 77.26°WAquia — 38.45°N, 77.25°WAquia — 38.39°N, 77.52°WAquia — 38.34°N, 77.27°WAquia — 38.50°N, 77.59°WAquia — 38.71°N, 77.02°WAquia — 38.58°N, 77.17°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°WBerchem — 51.20°N, 4.44°EMount Laurel — 40.26°N, 74.27°WMount Laurel — 40.38°N, 74.21°WMount Laurel — 39.56°N, 75.63°WNanjemoy — 38.43°N, 77.18°WNanjemoy — 38.40°N, 76.99°WNanjemoy — 38.87°N, 78.51°WNanjemoy — 38.28°N, 77.37°WNanjemoy — 38.38°N, 77.06°WNanjemoy — 37.29°N, 77.24°WMarshalltown — 40.30°N, 74.30°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WNewhaven Chalk — 51.45°N, 1.36°WNewhaven Chalk — 51.53°N, 0.70°WNewhaven Chalk — 50.88°N, 0.81°WNewhaven Chalk — 50.67°N, 1.10°WMenuha — 30.50°N, 34.65°EMenuha — 30.56°N, 34.64°EMenuha — 30.58°N, 34.90°EBoom — 50.84°N, 5.23°EBoom — 51.09°N, 4.36°EBoom — 51.11°N, 4.33°EWaipara Greensand — 43.05°S, 172.62°EWaipara Greensand — 43.12°S, 172.48°EGehannam — 29.31°N, 30.18°EGehannam — 29.36°N, 30.16°EGehannam — 29.32°N, 30.07°ESables de Bracheux — 49.58°N, 2.65°ESables de Bracheux — 49.53°N, 2.75°ENavidad — 33.91°S, 71.84°WNavidad — 33.99°S, 71.89°WTavda — 55.34°N, 65.35°ETavda — 56.70°N, 63.15°EDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WDinosaur Park — 50.78°N, 111.36°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.20°WBarton Beds — 50.74°N, 1.69°WBarton Beds — 50.85°N, 1.78°WJan Juc — 38.33°S, 144.30°EJan Juc — 38.20°S, 144.27°E

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The named rock units Carchariidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 241 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 237 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Carchariidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Carchariidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,695 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 643 sites for Carchariidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

340 references

Each of the 902 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 328 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Carchariidae

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No 3D scan of Carchariidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Muller and Henle)