Carcharodon hastalis

Carcharodon hastalis is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived between thirty and one million years ago during the late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene epochs. The maximum adult length is estimated between 5–7 m (16–23 ft).

Carcharodon hastalis

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 59.24 Mya to 129 ka.

Paleocene — about 2 of 239 occurrencesEocene — about 4 of 239 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 7 of 239 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 184 of 239 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 33 of 239 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 239 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 1 occurrence56–54 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–30 Mya — about 2 occurrences30–28 Mya — about 1 occurrence28–26 Mya — about 1 occurrence26–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 4 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 8 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 14 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 14 occurrences16–14 Mya — about 29 occurrences14–12 Mya — about 37 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 25 occurrences10–8.1 Mya — about 20 occurrences8.1–6.0 Mya — about 25 occurrences6.0–4.0 Mya — about 30 occurrences4.0–2.0 Mya — about 14 occurrences2.0–0 Mya — about 8 occurrences56 Mya774 ka60 Mya0 Mya

239 occurrences of Carcharodon hastalis on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

239 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

110 formations

Pisco — 15.44°S, 74.87°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPisco — 14.56°S, 75.67°WPisco — 14.34°S, 75.91°WPisco — 15.06°S, 74.08°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.88°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.70°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.81°WCalvert — 37.54°N, 77.44°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.53°N, 76.52°WSenhata — 35.16°N, 139.86°ESenhata — 35.16°N, 139.82°EBahía Inglesa — 27.08°S, 70.84°WBahía Inglesa — 27.14°S, 70.88°WBahía Inglesa — 27.04°S, 70.79°WBahía Inglesa — 27.72°S, 70.99°WChilcatay — 14.77°S, 75.39°WChilcatay — 14.62°S, 75.63°WChilcatay — 14.58°S, 75.66°WCamacho — 33.89°S, 58.41°WCamacho — 34.35°S, 57.92°WBerchem — 51.20°N, 4.44°EPort Campbell Limestone — 37.72°S, 141.93°EFujina — 35.43°N, 133.04°EFujina — 35.40°N, 132.91°EFujina — 35.48°N, 133.06°ESanta Margarita — 37.05°N, 122.04°WSanta Margarita — 37.01°N, 122.01°WMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.70°WMonterey — 34.61°N, 120.44°WBreda — 51.97°N, 6.73°EBreda — 52.15°N, 6.61°EBreda — 51.47°N, 5.80°ETowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WStatenville — 30.40°N, 83.00°WGlobigerina Limestone — 36.08°N, 14.24°EGlobigerina Limestone — 35.90°N, 14.33°EDuho — 36.13°N, 129.40°EYsidro — 27.70°N, 114.90°WSan Mateo — 33.20°N, 117.37°WBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.99°S, 145.04°EBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.98°S, 145.05°EBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WCoquimbo — 30.33°S, 71.50°WCoquimbo — 28.96°S, 71.49°WOosterhout — 51.70°N, 5.73°EOosterhout — 51.79°N, 5.70°EKurahara — 36.58°N, 136.83°EKurahara — 36.68°N, 136.83°EAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°W

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The named rock units Carcharodon hastalis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 86 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 64 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Carcharodon hastalis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Carcharodon hastalis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,962 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 225 sites for Carcharodon hastalis, and this reads all of them. 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

144 references

Each of the 239 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. 132 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

Media content1

Picture of Carcharodon hastalis

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CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. (Agassiz 1838)