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Cestraciontidae (bullhead shark)
Taxonomy
Cestraciontidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Heterodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859), Leidy (1873); to Selachii by Woodward (1889), Woodward (1916); to Plagiostomi by Weiler (1938); and to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942), Sahni and Chhabra (1976).
It was synonymized subjectively with Heterodontidae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859), Leidy (1873); to Selachii by Woodward (1889), Woodward (1916); to Plagiostomi by Weiler (1938); and to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942), Sahni and Chhabra (1976).
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