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Notorhynchus (sevengill shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

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).

Species
N. primigenius, N. serratissimus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. kempi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Notorhynchus Ayres
1938Notidanus (Notorhynchus) Weiler p. 7
1963Notorhynchus Jordan p. 597
1975Notorhynchus Cappetta p. 119
1993Notorhynchus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 3
1993Notorhynchus Long et al. p. 655
1999Notorhynchus Underwood and Mitchell
2002Notorhynchus Sepkoski
2004Notorhynchus Underwood p. 113
2006Notorhynchus Rana et al. p. 511
2013Notorhynchus Otero et al. pp. 21-22 figs. Fg. 5: 7-10
2015Notorhynchus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7
2018Notorhynchus Kent p. 55
2025Notorhynchus Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusNotorhynchusAyres 1855

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 primigenius Agassiz 1835
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 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Amakusa) Notorhynchus sp. (161437)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Notorhynchus sp. (219963)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Sweden Notorhynchus sp. (90575 90576)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Notorynchus primigenius (52450)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India Notorhynchus sp. (210158)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Saratov) Notorhynchus sp. (235736)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Notidanus serratissimus (8050 13299) Notorhynchus serratissimus (3260)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Notorhynchus sp. (211009)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Notorhynchus kempi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) Notorhynchus sp. (41888)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Notorhynchus sp. (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Notorhynchus sp. (234684)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Notorhynchus sp. (230269)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Notidanus serratissimus (159894)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Notorhynchus primigenius (62573)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Notorhynchus sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Notidanus primigenius (42639)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Notidanus serratissimus (159896)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Notorhynchus kempi (202013 202014)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Notorhynchus sp. (161921)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Notidanus serratissimus (149316)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Notidanus primigenius (81043)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Notidanus primigenius (89074)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Notorhynchus primigenius (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Hungary Noiidanus primigenius (124377)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Notorhynchus primigenius (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Notorynchus primigenius (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Ukraine (Nikopolskyi) Notidanus primigenius (183531)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Notidanus primigenius (45792)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus cepedianus (46166)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Notorhynchus primigenius (71651)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Notidanus primigenius (47623)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Heptranchias primigenius (126160)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Notorhynchus serratissimus (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (51330)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Notidanus primigenius (202913)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Notidanus primigenius (18506)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Gironde ) Notorynchus primigenius (161756)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Hungary Notorynchus primigenius (210623)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Notidanus primigenius (18587)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Notorynchus primigenius (210593)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Notidanus primigenius (48642)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Notorhynchus primigenius (187577)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Loupian) Notorynchus primigenius (161623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Notorynchus primigenius (161620)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Notorhynchus primigenius (148227)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (59059)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Touraine) Notorynchus primigenius (161611)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (46165)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (79793)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Notorhynchus primigenius (51002)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Notorynchus primigenius (208831)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Notorhynchus primigenius (161996)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Notidanus primigenius (57114) Notorhynchus primigenius (126605) Notorhynchus sp. (57700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Notorynchus primigenius (161524 161527 161533)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (57782)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Notorynchus primigenius (85338)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Notidanus primigenius (34521)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (152251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Poland Notidanus primigenius (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Notorynchus primigenius (162679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa Notidanus serratissimus (22219)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (52220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Notorynchus primigenius (91423)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Notorhynchus sp. (154117)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal (Alvalade) Notorynchus primigenius (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus cepedianus (46068)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Notorhynchus cepidianus (59003)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Peru Notorhynchus sp. (219058)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Brazil Notorhynchus cepedianus (52644)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Notorhynchus sp. (188304)