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Selachii (shark)

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Selachii is a subclass. It is extant.

It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Bryant (1932).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Selachii Bryant p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
subclassSelachii
subclassSelachii

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.

Subcl. Selachii [shark]
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Or. †Acanthodei Gunnell 1933
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Fm. †Acanthoessidae Hay 1902
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G. †Heteracanthus Newberry 1889
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Heteracanthus heterogyrus Agassiz 1845
G. †Holacanthodes Beyrich 1848
G. †Machaerius Rouault 1858
G. †Pelonectes Gistel 1848
G. †Rhadinacanthus Traquair 1888
G. †Traquairia Fritsch 1893
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Invalid names: Janassides [empty], Prosarthri [empty]
Or. †Ichthyotomi Cope
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G. †Bathycheilodus St John and Worthen 1875
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Hybocladodus compressus Newberry and Worthen 1866
Hybocladodus intermedius Saint John and Worthen 1875
Hybocladodus nitidus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Hybocladodus plicatilis Saint John and Worthen 1875
Hybocladodus tenuicostatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
G. †Lambdodus
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Lambdodus calceolus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Lambdodus costatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Lambdodus hamulus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Lambdodus reflexus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Lambdodus transversus Saint John and Worthen 1875
G. †Pternodus Garman 1885
Invalid names: Pleuracanthides Haeckel 1895 [empty]
Or. †Polyspondyli Jordan 1963
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Fm. †Onchidae
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G. †Leptocheles M'Coy 1853
G. †Naulas Agassiz 1845
Invalid names: Pleuropterygii [empty], Selachophidichthyoidei [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 402.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Gormel) Rhadinacanthus primaris (232957)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Vitebsk) Rhadinacanthus primaris (232875 232877)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Latvia Rhadinacanthus sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus (Vitebsk) Rhadinacanthus primaris (232958)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia Rhadinacanthus multisulcatus (225851)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Cladodontidae indet. (230473)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Selachii indet. (7622)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) Selachii indet. (49276)