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Cetorhinidae (basking shark)
Taxonomy
Cetorhinidae was named by Gill (1862). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lamnoidei by Jordan (1963); to Squatinida by Kalabis and Schultz (1974) and Schultz (1978); to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001); and to Lamniformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Cione and Reguero (1998), Duffin (1998), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Welton (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Přikryl et al. (2016) and Kent (2018).
It was assigned to Lamnoidei by Jordan (1963); to Squatinida by Kalabis and Schultz (1974) and Schultz (1978); to Orectolobiformes by Purdy et al. (2001); and to Lamniformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Cione and Reguero (1998), Duffin (1998), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Welton (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Přikryl et al. (2016) and Kent (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Cetorhinidae Gill |
| 1963 | Cetorhinidae Jordan p. 599 |
| 1974 | Cetorhinidae Kalabis and Schultz p. 185 |
| 1978 | Cetorhinidae Schultz p. 204 |
| 1983 | Cetorhinidae Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
| 1998 | Cetorhinidae Cione and Reguero p. 84 |
| 1998 | Cetorhinidae Duffin p. 160 |
| 2001 | Cetorhinidae Purdy et al. p. 109 |
| 2009 | Cetorhinidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 630 |
| 2013 | Cetorhinidae Welton p. 3 |
| 2016 | Cetorhinidae Nelson et al. p. 67 |
| 2016 | Cetorhinidae Přikryl et al. |
| 2018 | Cetorhinidae Kent p. 102 |
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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. Cetorhinidae Gill 1862 [basking shark]
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G. †Caucasochasma Prokoviev and Sychevskaya 2018
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†Caucasochasma zherikhini Prokoviev and Sychevskaya 2018
G. Cetorhinus de Blainville 1816
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†Cetorhinus duponti Hasse 1882
†Cetorhinus huddlestoni Welton 2014
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765
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Invalid names: Hannovera aurata Van Beneden 1871 [synonym], Selache duponti Hasse 1882 [synonym]
†Cetorhinus piersoni Welton 2015
Invalid names: Hannovera Van Beneden 1871 [synonym], Polyprosopus Couch 1863 [synonym], Selache Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Tetroras Rafinesque 1810 [synonym]
G. †Keasius Welton 2013
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†Keasius parvus Leriche 1908
†Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
†Keasius septemtrionalis Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
†Keasius taylori Welton 2013
Invalid names: Praecetorhinus Hocht 1978 [replaced]
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 Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 208.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma
Collections (101 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhaetian | Luxembourg | Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi (67895) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi (166561) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Jura) | Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi (60566 60568) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi (120898) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica | Cetorhinus sp. (100414) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Cetorhinus sp. (53666) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | Cetorhinus parvus (140018) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | Keasius taylori (75900 161920 161921) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Czech Republic | Cetorhinus parvus (186638) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Russian Federation (Adygeia) | Caucasochasma zherikhini (186470) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Cetorhinus parvus (69805) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan (Fukuoka) | Cetorhinus sp. (161440) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Keasius parvus (65056 221627 221630 221631 221632 221661 221662) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Cetorhinus parvus (187379) | |
| Rupelian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | Cetorhinus sp. (104941) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Cetorhinus parvus (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Netherlands | Cetorhinus parvus, Keasius parvus (87250) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium | Keasius parvus (221628 221629) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Keasius parvus (65088) | |
| Rupelian | Poland | Keasius parvus (186589) | |
| Rupelian | France | Keasius parvus (221663) | |
| Oligocene | Czech Republic | Cetorhinus parvus (125331) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Cetorhinus parvus (32012) Keasius septemtrionalis (80366) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Cetorhinus parvus (97550) | |
| Chattian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus sp. (11601) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) | Keasius septemtrionalis (221683) | |
| Chattian | Germany | Keasius septemtrionalis (93518 221664 221682) | |
| Aquitanian | Germany | Keasius septemtrionalis (221687) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany | Keasius septemtrionalis (221686) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) | Keasius septemtrionalis (221684 221685) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Cetorhinus sp. (48887) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Saitama) | Cetorhinus maximus (161441) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Hiroshima) | Cetorhinus sp. (161447) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | Keasius rhenanus (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Oregon) | Cetorhinus piersoni (221703) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Washington) | Cetorhinus sp. (200869) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Belgium | Keasius rhenanus (114830 221689) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Cetorhinus parvus (79793) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus huddlestoni (221702) Cetorhinus sp. (59059) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands (Gelderland) | Keasius rhenanus (32040) | |
| Langhian | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Keasius rhenanus (221692 221694 221695 221696 221697 221698 221699) | |
| Langhian | Germany | Keasius rhenanus (221688 221690 221693 221700) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands | Cetorhinus sp. (45505) | |
| Langhian | Belgium | Keasius rhenanus (221691) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Cetorhinus sp. (45506 70834) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Cetorhinus sp. (13450) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Keasius rhenanus (221701) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | Cetorhinus sp. (161445) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Hokuriku) | Cetorhinus maximus (161494) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Cetorhinus maximus (161965) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Cetorhinus parvus (187324) Cetorhinus sp. (71798) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | Cetorhinus maximus (161993) | |
| Badenian | Belgium | Keasius rhenanus (208831) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark (Jutland) | Cetorhinus sp. (34521) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus sp. (52213) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Cetorhinus maximus (98312) | |
| Tortonian - Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (188305) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Cetorhinus maximus (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Cetorhinus maximus (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Cetorhinus maximus (199811) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Selache aurata (47465) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (184950) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Cetorhinus sp. (154117) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Cetorhinus maximus (204946) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium (Beveren) | Cetorhinus sp. (57912) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (117471 184963 184965) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | Cetorhinus maximus (96766) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Cetorhinus sp., Cetorhinus maximus (59003) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (184957) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Kanagawa) | Cetorhinus maximus (161454) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Cetorhinus sp. (222408) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cetorhinus maximus (160361) |