Squalus Linnaeus 1758 (dogfish shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Synonyms: Acanthias Leach 1818 [objective synonym], Spinax (Acanthias) Leach 1818 [objective synonym]

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Squalidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024

See also Adnet et al. 2008, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cappetta et al. 2019, Cassier 1966, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Compagno 1984, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Hoganson et al. 2019, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Long 1992, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Siverson 1993, Underwood and Mitchell 1999, VillafaƱa et al. 2020 and Welton 2015

Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Zameus

Subtaxa: Acanthias geelongensis Squalus acanthias Squalus ballingsloevensis Squalus balsvikensis Squalus cinereus Squalus crenatidens Squalus gabrielsoni Squalus latidens Squalus minor Squalus nicholsae Squalus orpiensis Squalus perlo Squalus serriculus Squalus stehlini Squalus suckleyi Squalus vondermarcki Squalus weltoni Squalus woodburnei

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Type: Squalus acanthias

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Oregon)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California, North Carolina)

• MN 13 of Portugal (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (6), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (3), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), United States (6: California, Delaware, Virginia)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (3), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (3: California, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Chile (1), France (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (3: California, Oregon, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Morocco (2), United States (2: California, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), Germany (1), Israel (1), Japan (2), Lebanon (2), Lithuania (1), New Zealand (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 112 collections including 130 occurrences

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