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Mustelus
Taxonomy
Mustelus is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Carchariidae by Woodward (1889); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Triakini by Engelbrecht et al. (2017); and to Triakidae by Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).
It was assigned to Carchariidae by Woodward (1889); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Triakini by Engelbrecht et al. (2017); and to Triakidae by Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Mustelus Woodward p. 455 |
| 1963 | Mustelus Jordan p. 599 |
| 2001 | Mustelus Purdy et al. p. 140 |
| 2002 | Mustelus Sepkoski |
| 2017 | Mustelus Engelbrecht et al. p. 2 |
| 2018 | Mustelus Kent p. 104 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 58.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanetian | USA (California) | M. sp. (189952) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | M. rodgersi (62872) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. sp. (176085) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica | M. sp. (100414) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | M. vanderhoefti (3256 3257) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | M. whitei (41989 41992) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | M. sp. (211009) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | M. sp. (140018) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | M. vanderhoefti (45640) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | M. sp. (137550) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | M. sp. (100419) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | M. sp. (48887) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | M. sp. (52183) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | M. sp. (79793) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | M. sp. (161965) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | M. sp. (126605 187324) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | M. sp. (160781) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | M. sp. (152251) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | M. punctulatus (225368) M. sp. (217346) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | M. lunulatus (162678) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | M. sp. (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | M. sp. (191987 191988 191998) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | M. sp. (91423) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | M. sp. (179732) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | M. sp. (65955) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal | M. sp. (65954) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | M. sp. (50343) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. californicus, M. henlei (190889) |