Carcharodon hubbelli
Carcharodon hubbelli is an extinct species of shark in the genus Carcharodon, known from fossils found in the Pisco Formation in southwestern Peru.[1] The shark is a transitional species, showing intermediate features between present-day great white sharks and smaller, prehistoric mako sharks.[2][3]
| Carcharodon hubbelli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodon |
| Species: | †C. hubbelli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret et al., 2012 | |
This shark was named in honour of Gordon Hubbell (the scientist who recovered the specimen from a farmer who found it in 1988)[4] in recognition of his contribution to shark palaeontology.[3]
References
- Carcharodon hubbelli at Fossilworks.org
- Nick Crumpton (14 November 2012). "Great whites not evolved from megashark'". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- 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. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01201.x.
- "New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white". University of Florida News. 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.