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Notorhynchus primigenius

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy
Notidanus primigenius was named by Agassiz (1835).

It was recombined as Heptranchias primigenius by Hay (1902), Fowler (1911); it was recombined as Notidanus (Notorhynchus) primigenius by Weiler (1938); it was recombined as Notidanion primigenium by Rapp (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Notorynchus cepedianus by Purdy et al. (2001); it was recombined as Notorynchus primigenius by Cahuzac et al. (2007), Kocsis (2007); it was recombined as Notorhynchus primigenius by Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. cepedianus, N. cepidianus, N. kempi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Notidanus primigenius Agassiz figs. Pl 27, figs 2-17
1839Notidanus primigenius Agassiz Duplicate figs. Pl 27, figs 2-17
1843Notidanus primigenius Agassiz figs. Pl Q, fig 6
1847Notidanus primigenius Gibbes p. 195
1868Notidanus primigenius Cope p. 141
1878Notidanus thevenardi Delfortrie
1888Notidanus primigenius Davis p. 33
1889Notidanus primigenius Woodward p. 163
1902Heptranchias primigenius Hay p. 300
1904Notidanus primigenius Eastman p. 77
1911Heptranchias primigenius Fowler p. 24
1918Notidanus primigenius Chapman p. 5
1926Notidanus primigenius Leriche p. 388
1938Notidanus (Notorhynchus) primigenius Weiler p. 7
1942Notidanus primigenius Leriche p. 63
1946Notidanion primigenium Rapp p. 510
2007Notorynchus primigenius Cahuzac et al. p. 12 fig. 3A,B
2007Notorynchus primigenius Kocsis p. 28
2015Notorhynchus primigenius Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7
2018Notorhynchus primigenius Kent p. 56
2020Notorhynchus primigenius Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusNotorhynchusAyres 1855
speciesprimigenius()

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.

†Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Notidanus thevenardi Delfortrie 1878 [synonym]
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 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Notorynchus primigenius (52450)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Notorhynchus primigenius (62573)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Notidanus primigenius (42639)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Notidanus primigenius (81043)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Notidanus primigenius (89074)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Notorhynchus primigenius (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Ukraine (Nikopolskyi) Notidanus primigenius (183531)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Notorhynchus primigenius (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Hungary Noiidanus primigenius (124377)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Notorynchus primigenius (95898)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Notidanus primigenius (45792)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (North Carolina) Notorhynchus primigenius (71651)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Notidanus primigenius (47623)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Heptranchias primigenius (126160)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (51330)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Notidanus primigenius (202913)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Notidanus primigenius (18506)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Notidanus primigenius (48642)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Gironde ) Notorynchus primigenius (161756)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Hungary Notorynchus primigenius (210623)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Notidanus primigenius (18587)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Notorynchus primigenius (210593)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Notorhynchus primigenius (187577)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Touraine) Notorynchus primigenius (161611)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Loupian) Notorynchus primigenius (161623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (46165)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Notorynchus primigenius (161620)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Notorhynchus primigenius (148227)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Notorhynchus primigenius (51002)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Notorynchus primigenius (208831)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Notorhynchus primigenius (161996)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Notidanus primigenius (57114) Notorhynchus primigenius (126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (57782)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Notorynchus primigenius (85338)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Notorynchus primigenius (161524 161527 161533)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Poland Notidanus primigenius (121515)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Notidanus primigenius (34521)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (152251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Notorynchus primigenius (162679)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Notorynchus primigenius (91423)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Portugal (Alvalade) Notorynchus primigenius (65955)