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Chiloscyllium
Taxonomy
Chiloscyllium was named by Müller and Henle (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scyllidae by Woodward (1889); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1907); to Scyliorhinidae by Casier (1958); to Ginglymostomatidae by Cappetta and Corral (1999); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Hemiscyllidae by Cicimurri (2003); and to Hemiscylliidae by Jordan (1963), Werner (1989), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Peng et al. (2001), Delsate (2003), Tabuce et al. (2005), Bourdon et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Guinot et al. (2023), Juranek and Shimada (2025), Landau et al. (2025), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Scyllidae by Woodward (1889); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1907); to Scyliorhinidae by Casier (1958); to Ginglymostomatidae by Cappetta and Corral (1999); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Hemiscyllidae by Cicimurri (2003); and to Hemiscylliidae by Jordan (1963), Werner (1989), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Peng et al. (2001), Delsate (2003), Tabuce et al. (2005), Bourdon et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Guinot et al. (2023), Juranek and Shimada (2025), Landau et al. (2025), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle |
| 1889 | Chiloscyllium Woodward p. 346 |
| 1907 | Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 119 |
| 1958 | Chiloscyllium Casier p. 56 |
| 1963 | Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 597 |
| 1989 | Chiloscyllium Werner p. 23 |
| 1991 | Chiloscyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 23 |
| 1997 | Chiloscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta |
| 1999 | Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Case p. 28 |
| 1999 | Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Corral p. 352 |
| 1999 | Chiloscyllium Underwood and Mitchell |
| 2001 | Chiloscyllium Peng et al. p. 7 |
| 2002 | Chiloscyllium Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Chiloscyllium Cicimurri p. 9 figs. 5, B |
| 2003 | Chiloscyllium Delsate p. 8 figs. pl. 7 figs 4-5 |
| 2005 | Chiloscyllium Tabuce et al. p. 385 |
| 2011 | Chiloscyllium Bourdon et al. p. 9 |
| 2013 | Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. p. 610 |
| 2014 | Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 12 figs. 8B-H |
| 2023 | Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2A-B |
| 2025 | Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 9 |
| 2025 | Chiloscyllium Juranek and Shimada p. 4 |
| 2025 | Chiloscyllium Landau et al. p. 28 |
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G. Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle 1837
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†Chiloscyllium broennimanni Casier 1958
†Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013
†Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973
†Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Chiloscyllium mereretiae Werner 1989
†Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979
†Chiloscyllium missouriensis Case 1979
†Chiloscyllium salvani Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Chiloscyllium serralheiroi Landau et al. 2025
†Chiloscyllium vulloi Guinot et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available