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Cestraciontidae (bullhead shark)
Taxonomy
Cestraciontidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Heterodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859) and Leidy (1873); to Selachii by Woodward (1889) and Woodward (1916); to Plagiostomi by Weiler (1938); and to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942) and Sahni and Chhabra (1976).
It was synonymized subjectively with Heterodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859) and Leidy (1873); to Selachii by Woodward (1889) and Woodward (1916); to Plagiostomi by Weiler (1938); and to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942) and Sahni and Chhabra (1976).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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Fm. Cestraciontidae Bonaparte 1838 [bullhead shark]
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G. †Scoliorhiza Raymond 1925
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†Scoliorhiza kellyi Raymond 1925
†Scoliorhiza whitei St John and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available