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Chiloscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller 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 frequens Guinot et al. 2013
†Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973
†Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Chiloscyllium mereretiae Werner 1989
†Chiloscyllium salvani Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Chiloscyllium serralheiroi Landau et al. 2025
†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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Levesquei to the top of the Tortonian or 182.90000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany C. sp. (148936)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg C. sp. (148935)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) C. greeni (241459) C. sp. (241437 241464)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (241463)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) C. greeni (213325)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine C. sp. (214237)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) C. greeni (213331 213351)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) C. sp. 1 (213567)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) C. sp. (73862 77229 77230 77232)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany C. greenei (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France C. greeni (242279)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mesiteia greeni (241896)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. mereretiae (214508)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) C. greeni (83071)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) C. greeni (213308 239336)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) C. sp. 2 (213569)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) C. greeni (213299)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Brachaelurus greeni (213291)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) C. greeni (35365)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) C. greeni (241390)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Mesiteia greeni (241894)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) C. sp. (145187)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) C. greeni (179267)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) C. greeni (213389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) C. vulloi (213564)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) C. vulloi (213383)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Belgium Mesiteia greeni (241895)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) C. greeni (241388)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Mesiteia greeni (51518)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) C. frequens (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany C. greenei (177609)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) C. frequens (213377 213381)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (275613)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) C. frequens (213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) C. gaemersi, C. sp. (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Götaland) C. gaemersi, C. sp. (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) C. sp. (176940)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) C. frequens (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) C. greeni (213303)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden C. sp. (102885)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) C. frequens (213378 213379 213382 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) C. frequens (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) C. frequens (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) C. sp. (74334 102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) C. missouriense (14410 75839)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) C. greeni (221052)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) C. missouriense (75849)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp. (101701)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) C. missouriense (70455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) C. missouriense (45893)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel C. sp. (214862)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) C. missouriensis (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) C. frequens (157588)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) C. greeni (240801)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Squatirhina sp., Squatirhina americana (61844)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) C. missouriense (45560 45561 45566 45820)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Chihuahua) C. sp. (35353)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria C. sp. (117855 117857)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) C. sp. (167302)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) C. sp. (52839)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (116903)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) C. sp. (144502)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) C. sp. (176782)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) C. sp. (61807)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) C. greeni (83331)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco C. salvani (214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo C. sp. (61561 241258)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) C. sp. (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco C. meraense (116904 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal C. sp. (209379)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco C. meraense (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal C. meraense (133429)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo C. sp. (32991)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt C. sp. (137557 137568 137569 137579)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Western Sahara C. sp. (96686)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (133111)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Pará) C. sp. (276435)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Portugal C. sp., C. serralheiroi (276004)