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Falcatidae

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

Taxonomy
Falcatidae was named by Zangerl (1990). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Symmoriiformes by Ginter et al. (2010), Nelson et al. (2016) and Ginter (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Falcatidae Zangerl
2010Falcatidae Ginter et al. p. 64
2016Falcatidae Nelson et al. p. 46
2018Falcatidae Ginter p. 392

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familyFalcatidaeZangerl 1990
familyFalcatidaeZangerl 1990

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.

Fm. †Falcatidae Zangerl 1990
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G. †Cosmoselachus Bronson et al. 2024
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Cosmoselachus mehlingi Bronson et al. 2024
G. †Damocles Lund 1986
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Damocles attenuatus Davis 1883
Damocles serratus Lund 1986
G. †Denaea Pruvost 1922
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Denaea decora Ivanov 1999
Denaea fournieri Pruvost 1922
Denaea saltsmani Ginter and Hansen 2010
Denaea wangi Wang et al. 2004
G. †Falcatus Lund 1985
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Falcatus falcatus St. John and Worthen 1883
Falcatus hamatus Agassiz 1837
Falcatus proclivus St. John and Worthen 1875
G. †Ozarcus Pradel et al. 2014
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Ozarcus mapesae Pradel et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available