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Notorhynchus (sevengill shark)
Taxonomy
Notorhynchus was named by Ayres (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-u R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Notidanus (Notorhynchus) by Weiler (1938).
It was assigned to Notidanus by Weiler (1938); to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexanchidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1975), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Long et al. (1993), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Underwood (2004), Rana et al. (2006), Otero et al. (2013), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Kent (2018), Popov et al. (2025).
It was reranked as Notidanus (Notorhynchus) by Weiler (1938).
It was assigned to Notidanus by Weiler (1938); to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexanchidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1975), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Long et al. (1993), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Underwood (2004), Rana et al. (2006), Otero et al. (2013), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Kent (2018), Popov et al. (2025).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1855 | Notorhynchus Ayres |
| 1938 | Notidanus (Notorhynchus) Weiler p. 7 |
| 1963 | Notorhynchus Jordan p. 597 |
| 1975 | Notorhynchus Cappetta p. 119 |
| 1993 | Notorhynchus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 3 |
| 1993 | Notorhynchus Long et al. p. 655 |
| 1999 | Notorhynchus Underwood and Mitchell |
| 2002 | Notorhynchus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Notorhynchus Underwood p. 113 |
| 2006 | Notorhynchus Rana et al. p. 511 |
| 2013 | Notorhynchus Otero et al. pp. 21-22 figs. Fg. 5: 7-10 |
| 2015 | Notorhynchus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7 |
| 2018 | Notorhynchus Kent p. 55 |
| 2025 | Notorhynchus 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.
G. Notorhynchus Ayres 1855 [sevengill shark]
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†Notorhynchus lerichei Kozlov 1999
†Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Notidanus thevenardi Delfortrie 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 85.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (100 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Amakusa) | Notorhynchus sp. (161437) | |
| Santonian | Japan | Notorhynchus sp. (219963) | |
| Danian | Sweden | Notorhynchus sp. (90575 90576) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Hexanchus primigenius (3113) | |
| Waipawan | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | Notorynchus primigenius (52450) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | India | Notorhynchus sp. (210158) | |
| Ypresian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Notorhynchus sp. (235736) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | Notorhynchus sp. (120885) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | Notorhynchus sp. (234684) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | Notorhynchus sp. (211009) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Notorhynchus kempi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) Notorhynchus sp. (41888) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Notorhynchus sp. (230269) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | Notorhynchus primigenius (62573) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | Notorhynchus sp. (140018) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Notidanus primigenius (42639) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Notorynchus primigenius (149625 149626) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | Notidanus primigenius (81043) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | Notorhynchus sp. (161921) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | Notorhynchus kempi (202013 202014) | |
| Runangan | New Zealand | Notidanus primigenius (89074) | |
| Rupelian | Hungary | Noiidanus primigenius (124377) | |
| Rupelian | Netherlands | Hexanchus primigenius (87250) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium | Notorhynchus primigenius (276448 277890) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Notorhynchus primigenius (52047) | |
| Rupelian | Ukraine (Nikopolskyi) | Notidanus primigenius (183531) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Notorhynchus primigenius (68021) | |
| Rupelian | France | Notorhynchus primigenius (69805) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Notorynchus primigenius (95898) | |
| Chattian | Australia (South Australia) | Notidanus primigenius (45792) | |
| Chattian | USA (North Carolina) | Notorhynchus primigenius (71651) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Notorhynchus cepedianus (46166) | |
| Chattian | Germany | Notorynchus primigenius (46101 46102) | |
| Aquitanian | Italy | Notidanus primigenius (47623) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Heptranchias primigenius (126160) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Notorynchus primigenius (51330) | |
| Miocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Notidanus primigenius (202913) | |
| Miocene | USA (South Carolina) | Notidanus primigenius (18506) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Gironde ) | Notorynchus primigenius (161756) | |
| Burdigalian | Belgium | Notorynchus primigenius (208831) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | Notidanus primigenius (48642) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | Notorynchus primigenius (210593) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Hexanchus primigenius (276527) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Notidanus primigenius (18587) | |
| Burdigalian | Hungary | Notorynchus primigenius (210623) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Notidanus primigenius (18518) | |
| Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | Notorhynchus primigenius (187577) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Notorhynchus sp. (59059) | |
| Langhian | Belgium (Flemish Region) | Notorynchus primigenius (275668) | |
| Langhian | Belgium | Notorhynchus primigenius (277563 277564) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Notorhynchus primigenius (148227) | |
| Langhian | Netherlands | Notidanus primigenius (45505) | |
| Langhian | Portugal (Penedo) | Notorynchus primigenius (161620) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Notorhynchus primigenius (79793) | |
| Langhian | France (Loupian) | Notorynchus primigenius (161623) | |
| Langhian | France (Touraine) | Notorynchus primigenius (161611) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Notorynchus primigenius (46165) | |
| MN 5 | Austria | Notorhynchus primigenius (51002) | |
| Badenian | Poland | Hexanchus primigenius (162017) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Notorhynchus primigenius, Hexanchus primigenius (161996) | |
| Serravallian | France | Notorynchus primigenius (85338 277907 277908 277909 277910 277911 277912) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Notidanus primigenius (57782) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Notidanus primigenius (57114) Notorhynchus primigenius (126605) Notorhynchus sp. (57700) | |
| Serravallian | France (Gironde) | Notorynchus primigenius (161524 161525 161527 161533) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark (Jutland) | Notidanus primigenius (34521) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Notorhynchus primigenius (152251) | |
| Tortonian | Poland | Notidanus primigenius (121515) | |
| Tortonian | Germany | Hexanchus primigenius (162719) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Notorynchus primigenius (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Hexanchus primigenius (53889) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | Notorhynchus sp. (52220) | |
| Messinian | Portugal (Alvalade) | Notorynchus primigenius (65955) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Notorynchus primigenius (91423) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Mexico (Baja) | Notorhynchus sp. (154117) | |
| Zanclean | Portugal | Notorynchus primigenius (154210) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Notorhynchus cepidianus (59003) | |
| Piacenzian | Peru | Notorhynchus sp. (219058) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Notorhynchus sp. (188304) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Notorhynchus sp. (20639) |