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Chimaeridae
Taxonomy
Chimaeridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Holocephali by Rapp (1946); to Holocephali by Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Casier (1966); to Chimaerina by Zangerl (1981); to Chondrichthyes by Martin and Crame (2006); to Chimaeriformes by Underwood (2002), Kent (2018); to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891), Jordan (1963), Ward and Grande (1991), van der Laan (2019); and to Chimaeroidea by Hay (1902), Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016), Popov et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Holocephali by Rapp (1946); to Holocephali by Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Casier (1966); to Chimaerina by Zangerl (1981); to Chondrichthyes by Martin and Crame (2006); to Chimaeriformes by Underwood (2002), Kent (2018); to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891), Jordan (1963), Ward and Grande (1991), van der Laan (2019); and to Chimaeroidea by Hay (1902), Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016), Popov et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Chimaeridae Woodward p. 52 |
| 1902 | Chimaeridae Hay p. 323 |
| 1942 | Chimaeridae Leriche p. 36 |
| 1946 | Chimaeridae Casier p. 111 |
| 1946 | Chimaeridae Rapp p. 511 |
| 1963 | Chimaeridae Jordan p. 606 |
| 1966 | Chimaeridae Casier p. 98 |
| 1981 | Chimaeridae Zangerl p. 50 |
| 1991 | Chimaeridae Ward and Grande p. 327 |
| 2002 | Chimaeridae Underwood |
| 2006 | Chimaeridae Martin and Crame p. 113 |
| 2006 | Chimaeridae Nelson p. 46 |
| 2016 | Chimaeridae Nelson et al. p. 53 |
| 2018 | Chimaeridae Kent p. 55 |
| 2019 | Chimaeridae van der Laan p. 39 |
| 2020 | Chimaeridae Popov et al. p. 5 |
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Fm. Chimaeridae
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G. Chimaera Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Chimaera (Ischyodon) Agassiz 1843
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†Chimaera (Ischyodon) beaumontii Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) brevirostris Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) dufrenoyi Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) dutertrii Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) emarginata Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) helvetica Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) johnsonii Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Ischyodon) tessoni Buckland 1835
†Ischyodon bucklandi Agassiz 1843
Subg. †Chimaera (Psittacodon) Agassiz 1843
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†Chimaera (Psittacodon) falcata Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera (Psittacodon) psttacina Agassiz 1843
†Chimaera furcata Fritsch 1878
†Chimaera pliocenica Woodward 1891
†Chimaera seymourensis Ward and Grande 1991
†Chimaera venablesae Casier 1966
G. †Hedronchus Cope 1876
G. †Hydrolagus Gill 1862
G. †Leptomylus Cope 1869
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†Leptomylus cookii Cope 1870
†Leptomylus densus Cope 1869
†Leptomylus forfex Cope 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available