Carcharodon hubbelli

Carcharodon hubbelli
Holotype jaws and teeth (UF 226255), also known as the Sacaco specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Carcharodon
Species:
†C. hubbelli
Binomial name
†Carcharodon hubbelli
Ehret et al., 2012

Carcharodon hubbelli, also known as Hubbell's white shark, is an extinct species of white shark that evolved between 8 and 5 million years ago during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene epochs. This shark is a transitional species, showing intermediate features between the extant great white shark and the fossil white shark, C. hastalis.[2][3][4] C. hubbelli appears to be geographically restricted to the Pacific Ocean, with fossils of C. hubbelli recovered from Peru,[4] Chile[citation needed], California,[5] and New Zealand.[6] This exclusive distribution suggests a Pacific origin for the great white shark.

This shark was named in honor of Dr. Gordon Hubbell (the scientist who recovered the specimen from a farmer who found it in 1988)[7] in recognition of his contribution to shark paleontology and for donating the specimen to the Florida Museum of Natural History in 2009.[8][3][6] It was about the size of the modern great white shark, reaching 4.9–5.1 metres (16–17 ft) long.[3][9] Its growth curve shows that it grew at a slower rate than the modern great white shark.[3]

  1. ^ Boessenecker, R. W.; Ehret, D. J.; Long, D. J.; Churchill, M.; Martin, E.; Boessenecker, S. J. (2019). "The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific". PeerJ. 7: e6088. doi:10.7717/peerj.6088. PMC 6377595. PMID 30783558.
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  4. ^ a b Ehret, Dana J.; Hubbell, Gordon; Macfadden, Bruce J. (2009). "Exceptional preservation of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes, Lamnidae) from the early Pliocene of Peru". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29....1E. doi:10.1671/039.029.0113. S2CID 129585445. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ^ Boessenecker, Robert W. 2016. First record of the megatoothed shark Carcharocles megalodon from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Forma-tion of Northern California. PaleoBios, 33. ucmp_paleobios_32076
  6. ^ a b Torrent, Danielle (4 November 2012). "New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white". Florida Museum of Natural History. University of Florida. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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  8. ^ de Lazaro, Enrico. "Study: White Shark May Have Evolved from Mako Shark". Sci-News.com. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  9. ^ Perez, Victor; Leder, Ronny; Badaut, Teddy (2021). "Body length estimation of Neogene macrophagous lamniform sharks (Carcharodon and Otodus) derived from associated fossil dentitions". Palaeontologia Electronica. 24 (1): 1–28. doi:10.26879/1140.