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Squatinidae (angel shark)
Taxonomy
Squatinidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Tectospondyli by Case (1904), Eastman (1904); to Squatiniformes by Cassier (1966); to Squatinoidei by Jordan (1963), Case (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Squatiniformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squatiniformes by Thies (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Tectospondyli by Case (1904), Eastman (1904); to Squatiniformes by Cassier (1966); to Squatinoidei by Jordan (1963), Case (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Squatiniformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squatiniformes by Thies (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Squatinidae Bonaparte |
| 1889 | Squatinidae Woodward p. 65 |
| 1904 | Squatinidae Case p. 74 |
| 1904 | Squatinidae Eastman p. 71 |
| 1963 | Squatinidae Jordan p. 602 |
| 1966 | Squatinidae Cassier p. 57 |
| 1981 | Squatinidae Case p. 67 |
| 1983 | Squatinidae Thies p. 41 |
| 1988 | Squatinidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1992 | Squatinidae Long p. 20 |
| 1993 | Squatinidae Biddle p. 199 |
| 2001 | Squatinidae Peng et al. p. 10 |
| 2001 | Squatinidae Purdy et al. p. 97 |
| 2006 | Squatinidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2009 | Squatinidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 629 |
| 2013 | Squatinidae Underwood and Schlogl p. 490 |
| 2016 | Squatinidae Nelson et al. p. 79 |
| 2017 | Squatinidae Szabo et al. |
| 2018 | Squatinidae Kent p. 60 |
| 2020 | Squatinidae Villafaña et al. p. 731 |
| 2022 | Squatinidae Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Squatinidae Feichtinger et al. p. 15 |
| 2025 | Squatinidae Popov et al. |
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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. Squatinidae Bonaparte 1838 [angel shark]
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G. †Phorcynis Thiollière 1854
G. †Squalraia De la Pylaie 1835
G. †Squatina Dumeril 1806
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Subg. †Squatina (Cretascyllium) Müller and Diedrich 1991
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†Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888
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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
Subg. Squatina (Squatina) Dumeril 1805
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†Squatina (Squatina) fortemordeo Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina (Squatina) lundegreni Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina angeloides Van Beneden 1873
†Squatina baumbergensis von der Marck 1885
†Squatina biforis Le Hon 1871
†Squatina crassa Daimeries 1889
†Squatina crassidens Woodward 1889
Squatina dumeril Lesueur 1818
†Squatina frequens Underwood 2002
†Squatina gippslandicus Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
†Squatina lerichei Jordan and Beal 1910
†Squatina muelleri Reuss 1846
†Squatina occidentalis Eastman 1904
†Squatina prima Winkler 1874
†Squatina speciosa von Meyer 1856
†Squatina squatina Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available