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Heterodontidae

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Heterodontidae Gray
1902Heterodontidae Hay p. 298
1912Heterodontidae Fedorowski p. 55
1963Heterodontidae Jordan p. 595
1966Heterodontidae Cassier p. 51
1977Heterodontidae Herman p. 17
1981Heterodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 42
1983Heterodontidae Thies p. 28
1993Heterodontidae Biddle p. 201
2002Heterodontidae Underwood
2003Heterodontidae Delsate p. 8
2004Heterodontidae Underwood and Ward p. 460
2006Heterodontidae Underwood p. 234
2007Heterodontidae Cahuzac et al. p. 14
2008Heterodontidae Kriwet p. 236
2009Heterodontidae Kriwet et al. p. 320
2016Heterodontidae Nelson et al. p. 59
2019Heterodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851

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. Heterodontidae Gray 1851
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G. †Acrodonchus Fraas 1889
G. †Amacanthus St John and Worthen 1875
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Amacanthus gibbosus Newberry and Worthen 1866
G. †Centracion Gray 1831
G. †Centrodus Giebel 1848
G. †Chalazacanthus Davis 1883
G. †Drepanephorus Egerton 1872
G. †Echinodus Davis 1884
G. †Gyropleurodus Gill 1862
G. Heterodontus de Blainville 1816 [bullhead shark]
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Heterodontus boussioni Guinot et al. 2013
Heterodontus cainozoicus Pledge 1985
Heterodontus canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889
Heterodontus carerens Kriwet 1999
Heterodontus creamridgensis Case et al. 2001
Heterodontus duffini Thies 1983
Heterodontus havreensis Herman 1977
Heterodontus laevis Guinot et al. 2013
Heterodontus lerichei Casier 1943
Heterodontus lonzeensis Herman 1977
Heterodontus philippi Bloch and Schneider 1801
Heterodontus pineti Fedorowski 1912
Heterodontus portujacksoni Meyer 1793 [Port Jackson shark]
Heterodontus rugosus Agassiz 1839
Heterodontus semirugosus Plieninger 1847
Heterodontus upnikensis Dalinkevičius 1935
Heterodontus wardensis Cassier 1966
Invalid names: Cestracion Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Heterodontobatis Landemaine 1991 [synonym]
G. †Hoplonchus Davis 1876
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Hoplonchus elegans Davis 1876
Hoplonchus parvulus Newberry 1875
G. †Hybodopsis Barkas 1878
G. †Lepracanthus Agassiz 1843
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Lepracanthus colei Owen 1869
G. †Lispacanthus Davis 1883
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G. †Paracestracion Koken in Zittel 1911
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Paracestracion bellis Underwood and Ward 2004
Paracestracion falcifer Wagner 1857
Paracestracion pectinatus Guinot et al. 2014
Paracestracion viohli Kriwet 2008
G. †Proheterodontus Underwood and Ward 2004
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Proheterodontus sylvestris Underwood and Ward 2004
G. †Psilacanthus Quenstedt 1858
G. †Pycnacanthus Fischer von Waldheim 1852
G. †Selachidea Quenstedt 1852
G. †Strongyliscus Jordan 1925
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Strongyliscus robustus Jordan 1925
G. †Tropidodus Gill 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 370.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 364.7 Ma

Collections (161 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) Pycnacanthus fischeri (226045)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom Lispacanthus retrogradus (137333)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Poland Heterodontus sp. (149685)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Heterodontus duffini (141382)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Heterodontus sp. (148935)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Heterodontus duffini (141383) Paracestracion sp., Heterodontus duffini (141384)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Luxembourg Paracestracion sp., Heterodontus duffini (141386 141389)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Germany Heterodontus sarstedtensis, Heterodontus duffini (137168)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Grand Est) Paracestracion sp. (179498)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Paracestracion sp., Proheterodontus sylvestris (91449) Proheterodontus sylvestris (224639)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) Cestracion sp. (49334)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Paracestracion viohli (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Heterodontus falcifer (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Paracestracion falcifer, Heterodontus semirugosus (140224)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Heterodontus sp. (92144 92145)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) Heterodontus sp. 1, Heterodontus sp. 2, Paracestracion pectinatus (213631)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Heterodontus polonicus (64836)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland Heterodontus polonicus (213518 213519)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Heterodontus sp. (214859)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Heterodontus carerens (91420)