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Scoliodon

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Scoliodon was named by Muller and Henle (1837).

It was reranked as Carcharias (Scoliodon) by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926).

It was assigned to Carcharias by Woodward (1889) and Leriche (1926); to Galeidae by Jordan (1963); to Scoliodontinae by Long (1992); and to Carcharhinidae by Casier (1958), Case (1980), Case (1981), Compagno (2005) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Scoliodon Muller and Henle
1889Carcharias (Scoliodon) Woodward
1926Carcharias (Scoliodon) Leriche p. 431
1958Scoliodon Casier p. 21
1963Scoliodon Jordan p. 599
1980Scoliodon Case p. 86
1981Scoliodon Case p. 64
1992Scoliodon Long p. 29
2005Scoliodon Compagno
2019Scoliodon Ebersole et al. p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusScoliodonMuller and Henle 1837

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.

G. †Scoliodon Muller and Henle 1837
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Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016
Scoliodon terraenovae Richardson 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available