Opinions from J. W. Davis 1888
- 'Callorhynchus [misspelled as Callorhyncus] belongs to Chimaeridae'
- 'Callorhynchus hectori [misspelled as Callorhyncus hectori] belongs to Callorhyncus'
- 'Carcharias angustidens is recombined as Carcharodon angustidens'
- 'Carcharias megalodon is recombined as Carcharodon megalodon'
- 'Carcharodon belongs to Lamnidae'
- 'Carcharodon robustus belongs to Carcharodon'
- 'Galeocerdo belongs to Carchariidae'
- 'Galeocerdo aculeatus belongs to Galeocerdo'
- 'Ischyodus belongs to Chimaeridae'
- 'Ischyodus brevirostris belongs to Ischyodus' according to Newton 1876
- 'Ischyodus brevirostris belongs to Ischyodus'
- 'Lamna belongs to Lamnidae'
- 'Lamna attenuata belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna carinata belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna ensiculata belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna hectori belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna huttoni belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna incurva belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna lanceolata belongs to Lamna'
- 'Lamna marginalis belongs to Lamna'
- 'Myliobatis belongs to Myliobatidae'
- 'Myliobatis altus belongs to Myliobatis'
- 'Myliobatis arcuatus belongs to Myliobatis'
- 'Myliobatis plicatilis belongs to Myliobatis'
- 'Notidanus belongs to Notidanidae'
- 'Notidanus dentatus belongs to Notidanus'
- 'Notidanus marginalis belongs to Notidanus'
- 'Notidanus primigenius belongs to Notidanus'
- 'Odontaspis belongs to Lamnidae'
- 'Odontaspis acuta belongs to Odontaspis'
- 'Odontaspis exigua belongs to Odontaspis'
- 'Odontaspis kaikoraensis belongs to Odontaspis'
- 'Odontaspis sulcata belongs to Odontaspis'
- 'Otodus belongs to Lamnidae'
- 'Otodus obliquus belongs to Otodus'
- 'Oxyrhina belongs to Lamnidae'
- 'Oxyrhina acuminata belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina enysii belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina fastigata belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina grandis belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina lata belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina recta belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina subvexa belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Oxyrhina vonhaastii belongs to Oxyrhina'
- 'Sargus belongs to Sparidae'
- 'Sargus laticonus belongs to Sargus'
- 'Squalodon belongs to Zeuglodontidae'
- 'Squalodon serratus belongs to Squalodon'
- 'Squalodon wilkinsoni belongs to Squalodon'
- 'Trygon belongs to Trygonidae'
- 'Trygon ensifer belongs to Trygon'