Carcharodon hastalis
| Carcharodon hastalis Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Pleistocene,
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodon |
| Species: | †C. hastalis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz, 1843
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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.
Its teeth can reach lengths up to 3.5 in (7.5 cm) and are found worldwide.[3] It is believed to be an ancestor to the modern day great white shark, an argument supported by the transitional species Carcharodon hubbelli,[4][5]
Description
Carcharodon hastalis teeth can grow up to 8.9 cm (3.5 in) in length, suggesting a very large shark. Its body was probably very similar to that of modern great whites. It is also believed to have a cosmopolitan distribution, with C. hastalis teeth being found worldwide.[6] The maximum adult length is estimated between 5 and 7 m (16 and 23 ft).[7][8] Smaller individuals were about 2.6–4.5 metres (8.5–14.8 ft) long.[9]
References
- ^ Klug, S.; Kriwet, J., "Skeletal remains of the Miocene lamniform shark, Cosmopolitodus hastalis, from Peru" (PDF), Erlanger Geologische Abhandlungen, 6: 99
- ^ Ebersole, J.A.; Ebersole, S.M.; Cicimurri, D.J. (2017). "The occurrence of early Pleistocene marine fish remains from the Gulf Coast of Mobile County, Alabama, USA". Palaeodiversity. 10 (1): 97–115. doi:10.18476/pale.v10.a6. S2CID 134476316.
- ^ "Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1843 (white shark)". Fossilworks. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Crumpton, Nick (November 14, 2012). "Great whites 'not from megashark'". BBC News.
- ^ Dana J. Ehret; Bruce J. Macfadden; Douglas S. Jones; Thomas J. Devries; David A. Foster; Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi (2012). "Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru". Palaeontology. 55 (6): 1139–1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01201.x.
- ^ "Great White Sharks and Prehistoric White Sharks".
- ^ Patrick L. Jambura; Julia Türtscher; Faviel A. López-Romero; Catalina Pimiento; Jürgen Kriwet (2019). On the origin of the great white shark Carcharodon carcharias.
- ^ Pimiento, C.; Cantalapiedra, J.L.; Shimada, K.; Field, D.J.; Smaers, J.B. (2019). "Evolutionary pathways toward gigantism in sharks and rays" (PDF). Evolution. 73 (3): 588–599. Bibcode:2019Evolu..73..588P. doi:10.1111/evo.13680. ISSN 1558-5646. PMID 30675721. S2CID 59224442.
- ^ McCormack, Jeremy; Griffiths, Michael L.; Kim, Sora L.; Shimada, Kenshu; Karnes, Molly; Maisch, Harry; Pederzani, Sarah; Bourgon, Nicolas; Jaouen, Klervia; Becker, Martin A.; Jöns, Niels (May 31, 2022). "Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 2980. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.2980M. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9156768. PMID 35641494. S2CID 249235478.