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Abdounia
Taxonomy
Abdounia was named by Cappetta (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 884,958].
It was assigned to Triaenodontini by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Scyliorhinidae by Otero et al. (2013); and to Carcharhinidae by Cappetta (1980), Maisch et al. (2014), Case et al. (2015), Engelbrecht et al. (2017), Ebersole et al. (2019), Popov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Triaenodontini by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Scyliorhinidae by Otero et al. (2013); and to Carcharhinidae by Cappetta (1980), Maisch et al. (2014), Case et al. (2015), Engelbrecht et al. (2017), Ebersole et al. (2019), Popov et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Abdounia Cappetta p. 35 |
| 1997 | Abdounia Noubhani and Cappetta p. 88 |
| 2002 | Abdounia Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Abdounia Otero et al. p. 23 figs. Fg. 6: 17, 18 |
| 2014 | Abdounia Maisch et al. p. 189 |
| 2015 | Abdounia Case et al. p. 1128 |
| 2017 | Abdounia Engelbrecht et al. p. 18 |
| 2019 | Abdounia Ebersole et al. p. 82 |
| 2025 | Abdounia 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. †Abdounia Cappetta 1980
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†Abdounia africana Arambourg 1952
†Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956
†Abdounia finalis Arambourg 1952
†Abdounia mesetae Engelbrecht et al. 2017
†Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874
†Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873
†Abdounia richteri Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (117 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Morocco | A. africana (214370 214834) | |
| Selandian | Morocco | A. africana (133217) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Morocco | A. africana (214839 214848) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | A. subulidens, A. beaugei (62872) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | A. africana (86295 214833) | |
| Thanetian | Togo | A. africana (61561) | |
| Thanetian | Algeria | A. beaugei (232262) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | A. recticona, A. beaugei, A. minutissima (15595) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | A. subulidens, A. beaugei (62890) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (3260 76601) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | A. beaugei (71235 116904 158991 214840 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica | A. mesetae, A. richteri (100414) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | A. beaugei (203258) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. beaugei, A. minutissima (209524) A. sp., A. beaugei, A. enniskilleni, A. minutissima (81179) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. recticona, A. minutissima (3258) A. sp. (3256) A. sp., A. recticona, A. lapierrei, A. minutissima (3257) | |
| Eocene | Chile | A. sp. (99572) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | A. sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | A. sp. (200654) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. enniskilleni (81224 81238 209521 209523) A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (205834) A. recticona, Galeorhinus recticonus, A. enniskilleni, A. minutissima (13346) A. sp., A. minutissima (209522) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | A. sp. (133429) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | A. beaugei (234683 234684) A. sp., A. beaugei, A. minutissima (234687) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | A. enniskilleni (209371) A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (209370) | |
| Lutetian | Angola (Cabinda) | Galeorhinus beaugei (83988 242405 275442) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp., A. lapierrei (41996) A. sp., A. lapierrei, Galeorhinus recticonus (41989 41992 41994 41998) Galeorhinus recticonus (41888) | |
| Lutetian | Jordan | A. sp. (65226) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | A. lapierri, A. minutissima (120885) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | A. minutissima (211009) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sp. (230269 230273) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (2412) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | A. sp. (137536 137537 137539 137540 137541) | |
| Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. beaugei (3265) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | A. minutissima (140018) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | A. beaugei (45702) A. lapierrei, A. recticona, A. beaugei (62573) A. recticona (45701) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | A. sp. (62459) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (61249) | |
| Bartonian | Western Sahara | A. sp. (175734) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | A. enniskilleni (176944) A. minutissima (81278) A. recticona (16848) A. sp., A. beaugei, A. enniskilleni, A. minutissima (81266 209520) Galeorhinus recticonus (83251) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | A. enniskilleni (163744) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | A. enniskilleni (160397 160400) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (73434) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | A. sp. (62468) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (45637) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | A. enniskilleni (45641) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (16549) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | A. sp. (96686 96688) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | A. minutissima (96952) A. sp. (137546 137547 137548 137550 137551 137552 137554 137556 137558 137564 137568 137569 137573 137579 137586) A. sp., A. minutissima (137542 137543 137545 137549 137553 137557 137574) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | A. enniskilleni (202013 202014) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | A. enniskilleni (75638) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | A. enniskilleni (45640) |