Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Synonyms: Acanthias Leach 1818 [objective synonym], Acanthorhinus Blainville 1816 [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, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Siverson 1993, Straube et al. 2015, Underwood and Mitchell 1999, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Welton 2015
Sister taxa: Centrophoroides, Centrosqualus, Cirrhigaleus, Dalatiinae, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Spinax, Squalinae
Subtaxa: Acanthias depauwi Acanthias geelongensis Biforisodus Squalus acanthias Squalus alsaticus Squalus argentinensis Squalus ballingsloevensis Squalus balsvikensis Squalus blainvillei Squalus chiconis Squalus crenatidens Squalus gabrielsoni Squalus huntensis Squalus megalops Squalus minor Squalus nicholsae Squalus occidentalis Squalus perlo Squalus smithi Squalus sorrakowah Squalus stehlini Squalus suckleyi Squalus vondermarcki Squalus weltoni Squalus woodburnei Squalus worlandensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Belgium (4), Chile (2), Costa Rica (1), Czechia (2), Denmark (1), France (3), Germany (2), Hungary (1), India (1), Japan (8), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (3), Panama (2), Portugal (3), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), United States (7: California, Delaware, Virginia, Washington)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Belgium (64), Czechia (2), France (1), Germany (3), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), United States (3: California, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Belgium (4), Chile (1), France (1), the Netherlands (7), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (3: California, Oregon, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (2), Denmark (3), France (7), Morocco (2), Sweden (1), United States (3: California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Argentina (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), Germany (6), Israel (1), Lithuania (1), New Zealand (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (2), United States (23: California, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 245 collections including 265 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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