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Scyliorhinus
Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus was named by Blainville (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Scyliorhinidae, Scyliorhininae.
It was assigned to Scylliorhininae by Hay (1902); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1963); to Scyliorhininae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scyliorhinidae by Regan (1908), Casier (1946), Cassier (1966), Cappetta (1977), Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Halter (1995), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Kocsis (2007), Underwood and Ward (2008), Guinot et al. (2013), Maisch et al. (2014), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022) and Feichtinger et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Scylliorhininae by Hay (1902); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1963); to Scyliorhininae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scyliorhinidae by Regan (1908), Casier (1946), Cassier (1966), Cappetta (1977), Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Halter (1995), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Kocsis (2007), Underwood and Ward (2008), Guinot et al. (2013), Maisch et al. (2014), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022) and Feichtinger et al. (2024).
Species
S. alaformis, S. antiquus, S. arlingtonensis, S. biauriculatus, S. biddlei, S. brumarivulensis, S. cabindensis, S. coupatezi, S. distans, S. dubius, S. elongatus, S. entomodon, S. fossilis (syn. Physodon ficheuri, S. joleaudi), S. luypaertsi, S. minutissimus, S. monsaugustus, S. muelleri, S. pattersoni, S. ptychtus, S. reyndersi, S. sulcidens, S. taylorensis, S. trifolius, S. weemsi, S. woodwardi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Scyliorhinus Blainville p. 263 |
| 1837 | Catulus Smith p. 85 |
| 1837 | Poroderma Smith p. 85 |
| 1861 | Cephaloscyllium Gill p. 467 |
| 1861 | Halaelurus Gill p. 467 |
| 1902 | Scylliorhinus Hay p. 310 |
| 1908 | Scyliorhinus Regan p. 453 |
| 1946 | Scyliorhinus Casier p. 54 |
| 1963 | Catulus Jordan p. 598 |
| 1963 | Cephaloscyllium Jordan p. 598 |
| 1963 | Halaelurus Jordan p. 598 |
| 1963 | Poroderma Jordan p. 598 |
| 1963 | Scylliorhinus Jordan p. 598 |
| 1966 | Scyliorhinus Cassier p. 65 |
| 1977 | Scyliorhinus Cappetta p. 968 |
| 1981 | Scyliorhinus Case p. 62 |
| 1981 | Scyliorhinus Thurmond and Jones p. 60 |
| 1983 | Scyliorhinus Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
| 1991 | Scyliorhinus Müller and Diedrich p. 41 |
| 1995 | Scyliorhinus Halter p. 73 |
| 1997 | Scyliorhinus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 58 |
| 1999 | Scyliorhinus Cappetta and Case p. 30 |
| 1999 | Scyliorhinus Underwood and Mitchell |
| 2001 | Scyliorhinus Cappetta and Odin p. 651 |
| 2002 | Scyliorhinus Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Scyliorhinus Cahuzac et al. p. 25 |
| 2007 | Scyliorhinus Kocsis p. 35 |
| 2008 | Scyliorhinus Underwood and Ward p. 514 |
| 2013 | Scyliorhinus Guinot et al. p. 653 |
| 2014 | Scyliorhinus Maisch et al. p. 192 |
| 2020 | Scyliorhinus Villafaña et al. |
| 2022 | Scyliorhinus Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Scyliorhinus Feichtinger et al. p. 18 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Scyliorhinus Blainville 1816
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†Scyliorhinus alaformis Feichtinger et al. 2024
†Scyliorhinus antiquus Agassiz 1843
†Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis Cappetta and Case 1999
†Scyliorhinus biauriculatus Casier 1946
†Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter 1995
†Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood and Ward 2008
†Scyliorhinus cabindensis Leriche 1927
†Scyliorhinus coupatezi Herman 1974
†Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879
†Scyliorhinus dubius Woodward 1889
†Scyliorhinus elongatus Davis 1887
†Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Scyliorhinus fossilis Leriche 1927
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Invalid names: Physodon ficheuri Joleaud 1912 [synonym], Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta 1970 [synonym]
†Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter 1995
†Scyliorhinus minutissimus Winkler 1873
†Scyliorhinus monsaugustus Guinot et al. 2013
†Scyliorhinus muelleri Guinot et al. 2013
†Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976
†Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Scyliorhinus reyndersi Halter 1995
†Scyliorhinus sulcidens Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Scyliorhinus taylorensis Cappetta and Case 1999
†Scyliorhinus trifolius Adnet 2006
†Scyliorhinus weemsi Cicimurri et al. 2022
†Scyliorhinus woodwardi Cappetta 1976
Invalid names: Catulus Smith 1837 [synonym], Cephaloscyllium Gill 1861 [synonym], Halaelurus Gill 1861 [synonym], Poroderma Smith 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the MN 13 or 139.80000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections (120 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Valanginian | France | S. sp. (214859) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | S. dubius (213330) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | S. dubius, S. antiquus (210063) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp., S. dubius (213567) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | S. arlingtonensis (213297) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | S. arambourgi (213132) S. bloti (69118) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lithuania | Scyllium antiquum (213713) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | S. dubius (213365) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Kansas) | S. arlingtonensis (213384) | |
| Middle Turonian | France (Ardennes) | S. antiquus, S. muelleri (213564) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | S. sp. (35365) | |
| Coniacian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | S. dubius, S. brumarivulensis (213383) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | S. elongatus, S. brumarivulensis (213377 213381) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | S. elongatus (92241) Thyellina elongata (170327) | |
| Middle Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | S. elongatus, S. brumarivulensis (213376 213380) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Ardennes) | S. antiquus (157587) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Somme) | S. antiquus (213566) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Texas) | S. taylorensis (213303) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | S. elongatus, S. brumarivulensis (213378 213382) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Marne) | S. monsaugustus (157588) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | S. tensleepensis (70455) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Landes) | S. sp. (213857) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium | S. reyndersi (214363 214364) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel | S. sp. (35443 214862) | |
| Middle Campanian | France | S. elongatus (61353) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Jordan | S. sp. (65224) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | S. ivagrantae (61738) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Belgium | S. biddlei (214358 214359) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | S. elongatus (99627 214836 214837) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands | S. biddlei (214361 214362) S. biddlei, S. luypaertsi (214360) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Morocco | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus (214373) | |
| Danian | Morocco | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus (116900 214372 214834) S. sp. (214370) | |
| Danian | Austria | S. elongatus, S. alaformis (233260 233261) | |
| Selandian | Morocco | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus (133217) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Morocco | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus, S. sulcidens (214839 214848) | |
| Thanetian | Niger | S. cabindensis (229530) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus, S. sulcidens (214833) S. sp. (71234) | |
| Thanetian | Algeria | S. entomodon, S. ptychtus (232262) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | S. sp. (3113) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (South Carolina) | S. sp. (15074) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | S. ptychtus (214840) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | S. gilbert, S. sp., S. minutissimus, S. biauriculatus (8050) S. minutissimus (185914) S. sp. (3260 76601) S. sp., S. minutissimus, S. biauriculatus (13299) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | S. sp. (209379) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp. (3256 3257 3258) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | S. sp. (211009) | |
| Lutetian | Jordan | S. sp. (65226) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | S. sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | S. biauricalatus, S. spp., S. pattersoni, S. minutissimus (41888) S. sp. (41994) S. sp., S. pattersoni (41989 41992 41996) S. sp., S. pattersoni, S. woodwardi (41998) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | France (Landes) | S. trifolius (161753) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | S. sp. (140018) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | S. sp. (205834) | |
| Bartonian | Ukraine (Kirovograd) | S. sp. (132381) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | S. minutissimus (42636) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | Scylliorhinus sp. (202014) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | S. sp. (145984) | |
| Priabonian | Jordan | S. sp. (32899) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | S. sp. (96686 96688) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | S. distans (73434) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | S. sp. (69805) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | S. distans, S. coupatezi (95898) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | S. weemsi (60444) | |
| Chattian | USA (California) | Cephaloscyllium sp. (11601) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | S. distans (71660) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | S. sp. (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | S. fossilis (188985) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | S. sp., S. fossilis (210593) | |
| Burdigalian | Hungary | S. sp. (210623) | |
| Langhian | France | S. distans (90354) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands | S. distans (45505) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | S. distans (79793) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | S. sp., Cephaloscyllium sp. (59059) | |
| MN 5 | Austria | S. distans (51002) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | S. distans (46955) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Hokuriku) | S. kasenoi (161496) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | S. sp. (161965) | |
| Middle Miocene | Austria (Styria) | S. distans (161935) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Orissa) | S. sp. (46343) | |
| Serravallian | Japan (Hokuriku) | S. kasenoi (161497) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | S. sp. (161384) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | S. sp., S. distans (161996) | |
| Badenian | Poland | S. distans (162017) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | S. sp. (217346) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | S. distans (152251) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | S. coupatezi (98312) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | S. sp. (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | S. sp., S. ambiatlanticus (162678) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal | S. joleaudi (65954) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | S. joleaudi (65955) | |
| Zanclean | Libya | S. sp. (136597) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | S. sp. (52582) |