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Stegostomatidae
Taxonomy
Stegostomatidae was named by Gill (1862).
It was assigned to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Orectolobiformes by Adnet et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Orectolobiformes by Adnet et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Stegostomatidae Gill |
| 2016 | Stegostomatidae Nelson et al. p. 62 |
| 2020 | Stegostomatidae Adnet et al. p. 22 |
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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.
Fm. †Stegostomatidae Gill 1862
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G. Stegostoma Mueller and Henle 1838
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Stegostoma fasciatum Herman 1783
†Stegostoma tethysiensis Adnet et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Stegostoma fasciatum (53666) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | Stegostoma tethysiensis (173640) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Stegostoma varium (31173) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Stegostoma sp. (137550 137564 137568 137579) |