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Heterodontidae

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Heterodontidae Gray
1902Heterodontidae Hay p. 298
1912Heterodontidae Fedorowski p. 55
1943Heterodontidae Dartevelle and Casier p. 91
1963Heterodontidae Jordan p. 595
1966Heterodontidae Casier p. 51
1977Heterodontidae Herman p. 17
1981Heterodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 42
1983Heterodontidae Thies p. 28
1993Heterodontidae Biddle p. 201
2002Heterodontidae Underwood
2003Heterodontidae Delsate p. 8
2004Heterodontidae Underwood and Ward p. 460
2006Heterodontidae Underwood p. 234
2007Heterodontidae Cahuzac et al. p. 14
2008Heterodontidae Kriwet p. 236
2009Heterodontidae Kriwet et al. p. 320
2016Heterodontidae Nelson et al. p. 59
2019Heterodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 15
2025Heterodontidae Maisch IV et al. p. 11
2025Heterodontidae Popov et al.
2026Heterodontidae Cicimurri et al. p. 438

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851

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. Heterodontidae Gray 1851
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G. †Acrodonchus Fraas 1889
G. †Amacanthus St John and Worthen 1875
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†Amacanthus gibbosus Newberry and Worthen 1866
G. †Centracion Gray 1831
G. †Centrodus Giebel 1848
G. †Chalazacanthus Davis 1883
G. †Drepanephorus Egerton 1872
G. †Echinodus Davis 1884
G. Heterodontus de Blainville 1816 [bullhead shark]
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†Heterodontus boussioni Guinot et al. 2013
†Heterodontus cainozoicus Pledge 1985
†Heterodontus canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889
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Invalid names: Acrodus cretaceus Dixon 1850 [synonym]
†Heterodontus carerens Kriwet 1999
†Heterodontus creamridgensis Case et al. 2001
†Heterodontus duffini Thies 1983
Heterodontus francisci Girard 1855 [horn shark]
†Heterodontus granti Case and Cappetta 1997
†Heterodontus havreensis Herman 1977
†Heterodontus laevis Guinot et al. 2013
†Heterodontus lerichei Casier 1943
†Heterodontus lonzeensis Herman 1977
†Heterodontus paucicarinatus Landemaine 1991
†Heterodontus pineti Fedorowski 1912
Heterodontus portujacksoni Meyer 1793 [Port Jackson shark]
†Heterodontus rugosus Agassiz 1839
†Heterodontus semirugosus Plieninger 1847
†Heterodontus sulcatus Woodward 1889
†Heterodontus upnikensis Dalinkevičius 1935
†Heterodontus vincenti Leriche 1905
†Heterodontus wardensis Casier 1966
Invalid names: Cestracion Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Gyropleurodus Gill 1862 [synonym], Heterodontobatis Landemaine 1991 [synonym], Tropidodus Gill 1862 [synonym]
G. †Hoplonchus Davis 1876
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†Hoplonchus elegans Davis 1876
†Hoplonchus parvulus Newberry 1875
G. †Hybodopsis Barkas 1878
G. †Lepracanthus Agassiz 1843
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†Lepracanthus colei Owen 1869
G. †Lispacanthus Davis 1883
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G. †Paracestracion Koken in Zittel 1911
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†Paracestracion bellis Underwood and Ward 2004
†Paracestracion falcifer Wagner 1857
†Paracestracion pectinatus Guinot et al. 2014
†Paracestracion viohli Kriwet 2008
G. †Proheterodontus Underwood and Ward 2004
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†Proheterodontus sylvestris Underwood and Ward 2004
G. †Psilacanthus Quenstedt 1858
G. †Selachidea Quenstedt 1852
G. †Strongyliscus Jordan 1925
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†Strongyliscus robustus Jordan 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available