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Physodon

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Physodon was named by Müller and Henle (1839). It is extant.

It was reranked as Alopiopsis (Physodon) by Stromer (1910); it was reranked as Carcharias (Physodon) by Bohm (1926).

It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Muller and Henle (1839); to Alopiopsis by Stromer (1910); to Carcharias by Bohm (1926); to Carcharinidae by Weiler (1938); to Carchariidae by Leriche (1942); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); and to Carcharhinidae by Casier (1946), Cassier (1966) and Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Physodon Muller and Henle
1839Physodon Müller and Henle
1910Alopiopsis (Physodon) Stromer p. 497
1926Carcharias (Physodon) Bohm p. 79
1938Physodon Weiler p. 8
1942Physodon Leriche p. 79
1946Physodon Casier p. 90
1963Physodon Jordan p. 599
1966Physodon Cassier p. 86
1981Physodon Thurmond and Jones p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusPhysodonMüller and Henle 1839

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.

G. Physodon Müller and Henle 1839
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†Physodon contortus Gervais 1872
†Physodon secundus Winkler 1876
†Physodon triqueter Eastman 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available