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Trygonidae

Chondrichthyes - Trygonidae

Taxonomy
Trygonidae was named by Müller and Henle (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); and to Batoidea by Deraniyagala (1969).

Subtaxa
Xiphotrygon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Trygonidae Müller and Henle
1889Trygonidae Woodward p. 155
1942Trygonidae Leriche p. 13
1969Trygonidae Deraniyagala p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Selachii
familyTrygonidaeMüller and Henle 1837
familyTrygonidaeMüller and Henle 1837

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. Trygonidae Müller and Henle 1837
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G. †Xiphotrygon Cope 1879
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†Xiphotrygon acutidens Cope 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available