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Aprionodon

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Aprionodon was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was reranked as Carcharias (Aprionodon) by Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Bohm (1926); it was reranked as Carcharhinus (Aprionodon) by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Carcharhinus by Hay (1902); to Carcharias by Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Bohm (1926); to Carcharinidae by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); and to Carcharhinidae by White (1926), Case (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Species
A. amekiensis, A. frequens, A. greyegertoni, A. lerichei
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. acuaris, A. woodwardi
Entered
by W. Glaeser (authorized by J. Kriwet) on 2007-05-15; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Aprionodon Gill
1889Carcharias (Aprionodon) Woodward p. 437
1896Carcharias (Aprionodon) Alessandri p. 721
1902Carcharhinus (Aprionodon) Hay p. 312
1926Carcharias (Aprionodon) Bohm p. 79
1926Aprionodon White p. 38
1943Aprionodon Dartevelle and Casier p. 161
1963Aprionodon Jordan p. 599
1980Aprionodon Case p. 86
1981Aprionodon Thurmond and Jones p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusAprionodonGill 1861

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. Aprionodon Gill 1861
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†Aprionodon amekiensis White 1926
†Aprionodon frequens Dames 1883
†Aprionodon lerichei Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available