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Heterodontidae
Taxonomy
Heterodontidae was named by Gray (1851). It is extant.
It was assigned to Prosarthri by Jordan (1963); to Heterodontiformes by Cassier (1966); to Heterodontoidei by Fedorowski (1912) and Herman (1977); to Heterodontoidea by Hay (1902) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); and to Heterodontiformes by Thies (1983), Biddle (1993), Underwood (2002), Delsate (2003), Underwood and Ward (2004), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Kriwet (2008), Kriwet et al. (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Popov et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Prosarthri by Jordan (1963); to Heterodontiformes by Cassier (1966); to Heterodontoidei by Fedorowski (1912) and Herman (1977); to Heterodontoidea by Hay (1902) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); and to Heterodontiformes by Thies (1983), Biddle (1993), Underwood (2002), Delsate (2003), Underwood and Ward (2004), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Kriwet (2008), Kriwet et al. (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Popov et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Acrodonchus, Amacanthus, Centracion, Centrodus, Chalazacanthus, Drepanephorus, Echinodus, Gyropleurodus, Heterodontus (syn. Cestracion, Heterodontobatis), Hoplonchus, Hybodopsis, Lepracanthus, Lispacanthus, Paracestracion, Proheterodontus, Psilacanthus, Pycnacanthus, Rhabdiodus, Selachidea, Strongyliscus, Styracodus, Tropidodus
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1851 | Heterodontidae Gray |
1902 | Heterodontidae Hay p. 298 |
1912 | Heterodontidae Fedorowski p. 55 |
1963 | Heterodontidae Jordan p. 595 |
1966 | Heterodontidae Cassier p. 51 |
1977 | Heterodontidae Herman p. 17 |
1981 | Heterodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 42 |
1983 | Heterodontidae Thies p. 28 |
1993 | Heterodontidae Biddle p. 201 |
2002 | Heterodontidae Underwood |
2003 | Heterodontidae Delsate p. 8 |
2004 | Heterodontidae Underwood and Ward p. 460 |
2006 | Heterodontidae Underwood p. 234 |
2007 | Heterodontidae Cahuzac et al. p. 14 |
2008 | Heterodontidae Kriwet p. 236 |
2009 | Heterodontidae Kriwet et al. p. 320 |
2016 | Heterodontidae Nelson et al. p. 59 |
2019 | Heterodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 15 |
2024 | Heterodontidae Popov et al. |
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Fm. Heterodontidae Gray 1851
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G. †Acrodonchus Fraas 1889
G. †Centracion Gray 1831
G. †Centrodus Giebel 1848
G. †Chalazacanthus Davis 1883
G. †Drepanephorus Egerton 1872
G. †Echinodus Davis 1884
G. †Gyropleurodus Gill 1862
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 maisierensis Herman 1977
Heterodontus philippi Bloch and Schneider 1801
†Heterodontus pineti Fedorowski 1912
†Heterodontus polonicus Rees 2005
Heterodontus portujacksoni Meyer 1793 [Port Jackson shark]
†Heterodontus rugosus Agassiz 1839
†Heterodontus semirugosus Plieninger 1847
†Heterodontus sowasheense Case 1994
†Heterodontus upnikensis Dalinkevičius 1935
†Heterodontus vincenti Leriche 1905
†Heterodontus wardensis Cassier 1966
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946
Invalid names: Cestracion Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Heterodontobatis Landemaine 1991 [synonym]
G. †Hybodopsis Barkas 1878
G. †Paracestracion Koken in Zittel 1911
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†Paracestracion bellis Underwood and Ward 2004
†Paracestracion falcifer Wagner 1857
†Paracestracion pectinatus Guinot et al. 2014
†Paracestracion sarstedensis Thies 1983
†Paracestracion viohli Kriwet 2008
G. †Psilacanthus Quenstedt 1858
G. †Pycnacanthus Fischer von Waldheim 1852
G. †Rhabdiodus
G. †Selachidea Quenstedt 1852
G. †Styracodus
G. †Tropidodus Gill 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available