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Rhinocodontidae

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhinocodontidae was named by Garman (1913).

It was assigned to Orectolobiformes by Case et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Palaeorhincodon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Rhinocodontidae Garman
2015Rhinocodontidae Case et al. p. 1125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyRhinocodontidaeGarman 1913
familyRhinocodontidaeGarman 1913

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.

Fm. †Rhinocodontidae Garman 1913
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G. †Palaeorhincodon Herman 1975
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†Palaeorhincodon daouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Palaeorhincodon dartevellei Arambourg 1952
†Palaeorhincodon fialhoi Landau et al. 2025
†Palaeorhincodon wardi Herman 1974
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aalenian to the top of the Tortonian or 174.70000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Palaeorhincodon sp. (139231)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Palaeorhincodon daouii (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Palaeorhincodon daouii (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Palaeorhincodon dartevellei (232262)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Palaeorhincodon wardi (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Palaeorhincodon dartevellei (116904 158991 214840)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Palaeorhincodon sp. (203258)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Palaeorhincodon wardi (3256 3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Palaeorhincodon wardi (41989 41992)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Palaeorhincodon wardi (211009)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Palaeorhincodon wardi (62573)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Palaeorhincodon wardi (140018)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Palaeorhincodon sp. (45640)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Portugal Palaeorhincodon fialhoi (276004)