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Mustelus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mustelus Woodward p. 455
1963Mustelus Jordan p. 599
2001Mustelus Purdy et al. p. 140
2002Mustelus Sepkoski
2008Mustelus Adnet and Cappetta p. 447
2017Mustelus Engelbrecht et al. p. 2
2018Mustelus Kent p. 104
2025Mustelus Maisch IV et al. p. 18
2025Mustelus Villafaña et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyTriakidaeGray 1851
subfamilyTriakinaeGray 1851
genusMustelusMüller and Henle 1838

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.

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Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus 1758
†Mustelus vanderhoefti Herman 1982
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G. †Palaeogaleus Gurr 1963
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†Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952
†Palaeogaleus dahmanii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Palaeogaleus faujasi Geyn 1937
†Palaeogaleus havreensis Herman 1977
†Palaeogaleus larachei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Palaeogaleus navarroensis Case and Cappetta 1997
†Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952
†Palaeogaleus sublaevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Palaeogaleus vincenti Daimeries 1889
G. †Paratriakis Herman 1977
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†Paratriakis decheni von der Marck 1863
†Paratriakis robustus Guinot et al. 2013
†Paratriakis tenuis Underwood and Ward 2008
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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Paratriakis sp. (228230)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) Paratriakis bettrechiensis (213564)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Paratriakis bettrechiensis (241894)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Paratriakis curtirostris (92241) Thyellina curtirostris (221155)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) Paratriakis sp. 1 (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis sp. (213381) Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis tenuis, Loxodon sp. (213377)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis tenuis (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Götaland) Palaeogaleus sp., Paratriakis sp. (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) Paratriakis robustus (213565)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Palaeogaleus sp., Paratriakis sp. (74334) Paratriakis sp. (102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Paratriakis sp. (102885)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Palaeogaleus havreensis (228234)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis tenuis (213378) Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis tenuis, Paratriakis sp. (213379) Paratriakis robustus (213561) Paratriakis sp. 1, Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis sp. (213382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Paratriakis sp. 2 (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Paratriakis sp. (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Paratriakis decheni (31992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Palaeogaleus havreensis, Paratriakis curtirostris (241906 242119)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Paratriakis sp. 1 (213562) Paratriakis sp. 1, Paratriakis robustus (157588)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Palaeoscyllium decheni (221714)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Palaeogaleus faujasi (61351)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Volgograd) Palaeogaleus sp. (38075)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Palaeogaleus vincenti (26818)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Palaeogaleus navarroensis (213580 213582 213583 213584 213585 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Palaeogaleus faujasi (176782 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Palaeogaleus sp. (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Palaeogaleus vincenti (178550)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Palaeogaleus sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Paratriakis sp. (214192)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Palaeogaleus dahmanii (214368 214374 214831)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Palaeogaleus faujasi (241990 242079)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Palaeogaleus navarroensis (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Palaeogaleus sp. (241417)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Limburg) Palaeogaleus faujasi (241927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco Palaeogaleus brivesi, Palaeogaleus dahmanii, Palaeogaleus prior (214373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Palaeogaleus vincenti (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Palaeogaleus vincenti (26820)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Palaeogaleus faujasi (241994) Palaeogaleus faujasi, Palaeogaleus brivesi (242087)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria Palaeogaleus sp. (233260 233261 233358 233359 233361)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Arkansas) Palaeogaleus vincenti (206776)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Palaeogaleus brivesi (83311 242161) Palaeogaleus brivesi, Palaeogaleus prior (91362 116900 210053 214369 214370 214372 214832 214834) Palaeogaleus sp. (137838 137839)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Palaeogaleus faujasi (241431) Palaeogaleus faujasi, Paratriakis curtirostris (241430) Paratriakis curtirostris (241429) Scyllium vincenti (89866)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Palaeogaleus vincenti (62840)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Palaeogaleus larachei (133217)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Belgium Palaeogaleus vincenti (133221 242028)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Palaeogaleus larachei (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Palaeogaleus sp. (61561)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) M. sp. (189952)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco Palaeogaleus larachei (214833)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Palaeogaleus vincenti (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica M. sp. (100414)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) M. sp. (176085)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Palaeogaleus vincenti (68175)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Palaeogaleus sublaevis (214840)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) M. whitei (41989 41992)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine M. sp. (211009)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) M. sp. (140018)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica M. sp. (100419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt M. sp. (137550 137553 137574)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) M. sp. (48887)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) M. sp. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) M. sp. (79793)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) M. sp. (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) M. sp. (126605 187324)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) M. sp. (160781)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium M. punctulatus (225368) M. sp. (217346)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile M. sp. (275717)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) M. sp. (152251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) M. sp. (162679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) M. lunulatus (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Panama (Panama) M. sp. (191987 191988 191998)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) M. sp. (276265)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal M. sp. (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) M. sp. (179732)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) M. sp. (50343)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal (Alvalade) M. sp. (65955)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal M. sp. (65954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. californicus, M. henlei (190889)