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Rhincodontidae (whale shark)
Taxonomy
Rhincodontidae was named by Müller and Henle (1839). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kent (2018).
It was assigned to Hemiscyllioidea by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kent (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Rhincodontidae Müller and Henle |
| 2001 | Rhincodontidae Purdy et al. p. 100 |
| 2009 | Rhincodontidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 630 |
| 2016 | Rhincodontidae Nelson et al. p. 63 |
| 2018 | Rhincodontidae Kent p. 62 |
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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. Rhincodontidae Müller and Henle 1839 [whale shark]
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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 Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Rhincodon typus (97550) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Rhincodon sp. (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Rhincodon sp. (18579) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Rhiniodon typus (162678) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Rhincodon typus (188304) |