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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
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Abdounia Cappetta p. 35 |
| 1993 | Abdounia osipovae Aver'yanov and Udovichenko p. 366 |
| 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 belselensis Mollen 2007
†Abdounia biauriculata Casier 1946
†Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956
†Abdounia finalis Arambourg 1952
†Abdounia kashiensis Li 1997
†Abdounia lapierrei Cappetta and Nolf 1981
†Abdounia lata Malyshkina 2012
†Abdounia mesetae Engelbrecht et al. 2017
†Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874
†Abdounia recticona Winkler 1873
†Abdounia richteri Engelbrecht et al. 2017
†Abdounia vassilyevae Malyshkina 2012
Invalid names: Abdounia osipovae Aver'yanov and Udovichenko 1993 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (163 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Algeria | A. beaugei (232262) | |
| Thanetian | Togo | A. africana (61561) | |
| Thanetian | France | A. biauriculata (149624 277713 277714) A. minutissimus (276442 276443 276444 276446) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | A. africana (86295 214833) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | A. subulidens, A. beaugei (62890) | |
| Ypresian | France | A. beaugei, A. recticonus (183748) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | A. sp. (55494) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | A. beaugei (203258) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | A. recticona, A. beaugei, A. minutissima (15595) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | A. beaugei (71235 116904 158991 214840 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | A. beaugei (277870) A. recticona, A. beaugei, A. minutissima (276601 276602) Scyliorhinus beaugei (278420) | |
| Ypresian | Netherlands | A. beaugei (276476) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (3260 76601) Scyliorhinus biauriculatus (8050 13299) | |
| Ypresian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | A. beaugei, A. minutissima, A. osipovae (28490) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Netherlands | A. beaugei (276505) A. minutissima (276468) | |
| 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. minutissima, A. lapierrei (3257) | |
| Eocene | Chile | A. sp. (99572) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | A. beaugei (278469) A. minutissima (211009) A. sp., A. beaugei (278468) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | A. beaugei (234683 234684) A. sp., A. beaugei, A. minutissima (234687) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | A. sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp., A. lapierrei (41996) A. sp., Galeorhinus recticonus, A. lapierrei (41989 41992 41994 41998) Galeorhinus recticonus (41888) | |
| Lutetian | Spain | Galeorhinus recticonus (276612) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | A. sp. (200654) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | A. enniskilleni (209371) A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (209370) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium | A. beaugei, A. minutissima, A. lapierrei (109912) A. minutissima (242330) A. recticonus (242331) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | A. lapierri, A. minutissima (120885) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. enniskilleni (81224 81238 209521 209523) A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (205834) A. recticona, A. minutissima (276540) A. sp., A. minutissima (209522) A. sp., A. recticona, A. minutissima, A. biauriculata (13346) | |
| Lutetian | Angola (Cabinda) | Galeorhinus beaugei (83988 242405 275442) | |
| Lutetian | France | A. recticona (277214 277215 277216 277217 277219) A. sp. (74858) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | A. sp. (133429) | |
| Lutetian | Jordan | A. sp. (65226) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | A. sp. (137536 137537 137539 137540 137541) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | A. recticona, A. enniskilleni (2412) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | China (Xinjiang) | A. kashiensis (278018) A. lapierrei (278019) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sp. (230269 230273) | |
| Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. beaugei (3265) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine | A. sp. (113113) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | A. beaugei (45702) A. recticona (45701) A. recticona, A. beaugei, A. lapierrei (62573) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | A. minutissima (140018) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | A. sp. (62459) | |
| Bartonian | Western Sahara | A. sp. (175734) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (61249) | |
| 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) | |
| Bartonian | Antarctica | A. sp., A. mesetae, A. richteri (100414) | |
| Bartonian | France | A. lapierrei (276546) A. minutissima (161753 277206 277209 277210) | |
| Bartonian | Spain | Galeorhinus recticonus (277558) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Ukraine | A. sp., A. beaugei, A. lapierrei (278470) | |
| 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 | Russian Federation | A. lata, A. sp. (149625 149626) | |
| 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 | Western Sahara | A. sp. (96686 96688) | |
| Priabonian | Chile | A. sp. (99478) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | A. enniskilleni (45641) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (16549) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (45637) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | A. enniskilleni (75638) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | A. enniskilleni (45640) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium | A. belselensis (277692) |