| Description | The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Adults typically reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length. It is usually greyish-brown, with mottled skin. The caudal fin has a strong lateral keel and a crescent shape.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Cetorhinidae : Cetorhinus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cetorhinidae : Cetorhinus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
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| Name Published In | Blainville, H. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Lamnidae | stated without evidence | Woodward, 1889 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Alopiidae | stated without evidence | Jordan, 1963 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Cetorhinidae | stated without evidence | Ciobanu, 1977 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Lamniformes | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Cetorhinidae | stated with evidence | Compagno, 2005 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Cetorhinidae | stated without evidence | Cicimurri and Knight, 2009 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Cetorhinidae | stated with evidence | Welton, 2013 | | Cetorhinus | genus | belongs to Cetorhinidae | stated without evidence | Kent, 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (67%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cetorhinidae) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder, carnivore (based on Cetorhinidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
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| Common Name(s) | ウバザメ |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetorhinus |
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| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Ciobanu M. (1977) Fauna Fosila din Oligocenul de la Piatra Neamt, 1-159 |
| Schultz O. (1978) Neue und fehlinterpretierte Fischformen aus dem Miozän des Wiener Beckens, Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 81, 203-219 |
| Bendix-Almgreen S. E. (1983) Carcharodon megalodon from the Upper Miocene of Denmark, with comments on elasmobranch tooth enameloid: coronoi'n, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 32, 1-32 |
| Cione A. L., Reguero M. A. (1998) A middle Eocene basking shark (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from Antarctica, Antarctic Science 10 1, 83-88 |
| Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202 |
| Compagno L. V. (2005) Chapter 16. Checklist of living Chondrichthyes, Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras, 503-548 |
| Cicimurri D. J., Knight J. L. (2009) Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 4, 627-647 |
| Welton B. J. (2013) A new archaic basking shark (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the Late Eocene of Western Oregon, USA, and description of the dentition, gill rakers and vertebrae of the recent basking shark Cetorhinus Maximus (Gunnerus), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 58, 1-48 |
| Kent B. W. (2018) The Cartilaginous Fishes (Chimaeras, Sharks, and Rays) of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 100, 45-160 |
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Cetorhinus
