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Heterodontus (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Heterodontus de Blainville
1817Cestracion Cuvier
1889Cestracion Woodward p. 331
1904Cestracion Chapman and Pritchard p. 270
1912Heterodontus Fedorowski p. 55
1918Cestracion Chapman p. 6
1924Cestracion Chapman and Cudmore p. 110
1926Cestracion Bohm p. 75
1927Cestracion Arambourg p. 230
1938Cestracion Weiler p. 9
1946Heterodontus Casier p. 41
1963Cestracion Jordan p. 595
1963Heterodontus Jordan p. 595
1966Heterodontus Cassier p. 51
1975Heterodontus Cappetta p. 118
1977Heterodontus Herman p. 83
1981Heterodontus Thurmond and Jones p. 42
1983Heterodontus Thies p. 28
1991Heterodontobatis Landemaine
1991Heterodontus Müller and Diedrich p. 22
1993Heterodontus Biddle p. 201
1999Heterodontus Cappetta and Case p. 11
1999Heterodontus Kriwet p. 116
1999Heterodontus Underwood and Mitchell
2002Heterodontus Sepkoski
2002Heterodontus Underwood
2003Heterodontus Delsate p. 8
2004Heterodontus Underwood p. 113
2007Heterodontus Cahuzac et al. p. 14
2009Heterodontus Kriwet et al. p. 320
2013Heterodontus Guinot et al. p. 601
2014Heterodontus Cicimurri et al. pp. 11-12 fig. 8A
2014Heterodontus Guinot et al. p. 68
2015Heterodontus Case et al. p. 1121
2015Heterodontus Pledge et al. p. 70
2017Heterodontus Siversson and Machalski p. 457
2019Heterodontus Ebersole et al. p. 15
2022Heterodontus Feichtinger et al. p. 18

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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
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available