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Chiloscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy

Chiloscyllium was named by Müller and Henle (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scyllidae by Woodward (1889); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1907); to Scyliorhinidae by Casier (1958); to Ginglymostomatidae by Cappetta and Corral (1999); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Hemiscyllidae by Cicimurri (2003); and to Hemiscylliidae by Jordan (1963), Werner (1989), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Peng et al. (2001), Delsate (2003), Tabuce et al. (2005), Bourdon et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Guinot et al. (2023), Juranek and Shimada (2025), Cicimurri et al. (2025).

Species

C. broennimanni, C. frequens, C. greeni, C. meraense, C. mereretiae, C. missouriense, C. missouriensis, C. salvani, C. vulloi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle
1889	Chiloscyllium Woodward p. 346
1907	Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 119
1958	Chiloscyllium Casier p. 56
1963	Chiloscyllium Jordan p. 597
1989	Chiloscyllium Werner p. 23
1991	Chiloscyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 23
1997	Chiloscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta
1999	Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Case p. 28
1999	Chiloscyllium Cappetta and Corral p. 352
1999	Chiloscyllium Underwood and Mitchell
2001	Chiloscyllium Peng et al. p. 7
2002	Chiloscyllium Sepkoski
2003	Chiloscyllium Cicimurri p. 9 figs. 5, B
2003	Chiloscyllium Delsate p. 8 figs. pl. 7 figs 4-5
2005	Chiloscyllium Tabuce et al. p. 385
2011	Chiloscyllium Bourdon et al. p. 9
2013	Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. p. 610
2014	Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 12 figs. 8B-H
2023	Chiloscyllium Guinot et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2A-B
2025	Chiloscyllium Cicimurri et al. p. 9
2025	Chiloscyllium Juranek and Shimada p. 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Orectolobiformes	Applegate 1972
suborder	Orectoloboidei	Applegate 1974
superfamily	Hemiscyllioidea	Naylor 2012
family	Hemiscylliidae	Gill 1862
genus	Chiloscyllium	Müller 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.

G. Chiloscyllium Müller and Henle 1837

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†Chiloscyllium broennimanni Casier 1958

†Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013

†Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973

†Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

†Chiloscyllium mereretiae Werner 1989

†Chiloscyllium missouriense Case 1979

†Chiloscyllium missouriensis Case 1979

†Chiloscyllium salvani Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

†Chiloscyllium vulloi Guinot et al. 2013

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektobenthico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-21 07:07:32

Modified:

2009-07-21 09:07:32

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Levesquei to the top of the Chattian or 182.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (83 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Toarcian	184.2 - 174.7	Germany	C. sp. (148936)
Levesquei	182.9 - 174.7	Luxembourg	C. sp. (148935)
Middle Albian	110.1 - 106.3	United Kingdom (England)	C. greeni (213325)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	United Kingdom (England)	C. greeni (213331 213351)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Ukraine	C. sp. (214237)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Westphalia)	C. greenei (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Poitou-Charentes)	C. sp. (73862 77229 77230 77232)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. 1 (213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	C. mereretiae (214508)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Nebraska)	C. greeni (213308 239336)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. 2 (213569)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Texas)	C. greeni (213299)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (South Dakota)	Brachaelurus greeni (213291)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (New Mexico)	C. greeni (179267)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Nebraska)	C. greeni (213389)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	France (Ardennes)	C. vulloi (213564)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Kansas)	C. greeni (35365)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	C. vulloi (213383)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Georgia)	C. sp. (61769)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (New Mexico)	C. sp. (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	France (Aisne)	C. frequens (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	United Kingdom (England)	C. frequens (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	United Kingdom (England)	C. frequens (213380)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden (Götaland)	C. gaemersi, C. sp. (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Ardennes)	C. frequens (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden	C. sp. (102885)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	C. missouriense (75839)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Somme)	C. frequens (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden (Skane)	C. gaemersi, C. sp. (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Sweden (Skåne)	C. sp. (74334 102883)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Aisne)	C. frequens (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	United Kingdom (England)	C. frequens (213378 213379 213382 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	C. greeni (213303)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	C. missouriense (45893)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Marne)	C. frequens (157588)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Israel	C. sp. (214862)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	C. missouriense (75849)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	C. sp. (101701)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Montana)	C. missouriensis (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Wyoming)	C. missouriense (70455)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	C. missouriense (45560 45561 45566 45820)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	Squatirhina sp., Squatirhina americana (61844)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Chihuahua)	C. sp. (35353)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Carolina)	C. sp. (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Syria	C. sp. (117855 117857)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	C. greeni (221052)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (Colorado)	C. sp. (167302)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Peru (Amazonas)	C. sp. (52839)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Morocco	C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (116903)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	C. sp. (144502)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Burgos)	C. sp. (176782)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	C. sp. (61807)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Maryland)	C. greeni (83331)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.66 - 56.0	Morocco	C. salvani (214848)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Senegal	C. sp. (209379)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Morocco	C. meraense (116904 214849 214850 214851)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Senegal	C. meraense (133429)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Morocco	C. meraense (91339)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Togo	C. sp. (32991)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Egypt	C. sp. (137568 137569 137579)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Western Sahara	C. sp. (96686)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Mississippi)	C. sp. (133111)