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Cephaloscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Cephaloscyllium was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scyliorhinus by Regan (1908).

It was assigned to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1963); and to Scyliorhinidae by Ebert (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Cephaloscyllium Gill p. 467
1963Cephaloscyllium Jordan p. 598
2003Cephaloscyllium Ebert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusCephaloscylliumGill 1861

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. Cephaloscyllium Gill 1861
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Cephaloscyllium ventriosum Garman 1880 [swell shark]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) C. sp. (11601)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) C. sp. (59059)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) C. ventriosum (276600)