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Squatina subserrata

Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae

Taxonomy
Sphyrna subserrata was named by Münster (1846).

It was recombined as Squatina subserrata by Cappetta (1973), Antunes et al. (1981), Mora Morote (1996), Landau et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. africana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Sphyrna subserrata Münster
1973Squatina subserrata Cappetta p. 218
1981Squatina subserrata Antunes et al. p. 19 figs. Pl 3, fig 11
1996Squatina subserrata Mora Morote p. 111 figs. Pl 6, figs 11-13
2015Sphyrna subserrata Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7
2025Squatina subserrata Landau et al. p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderSquatiniformesBuen 1926
familySquatinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusSquatinaDumeril 1806
speciessubserrata(Münster 1846)

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.

†Squatina subserrata Münster 1846
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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 07:20:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:20:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Squatina subserrata (71660)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Belgium Squatina subserrata (277562)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Squatina subserrata (276527)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Portugal Squatina subserrata (277552)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Touraine) Squatina subserrata (161611)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Belgium Squatina subserrata (277563 277564 277565)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Loupian) Squatina subserrata (161623)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Squatina subserrata (90354)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Squatina subserrata (161620)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Squatina subserrata (161996)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Squatina subserrata (162017)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Squatina subserrata (161993 161995)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Squatina subserrata (85338)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Squatina subserrata (161524 161525 161527)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Portugal Squatina subserrata (276004)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal Squatina subserrata (56459)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Squatina subserrata (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal (Alvalade) Squatina subserrata (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Squatina subserrata (165170 277521 277523)