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Echinorhiniformes

Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes

Taxonomy
Echinorhiniformes is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); to Squalimorphi by Long (2011); to Squatinida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Selachimorpha by Kent (2018).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Echinorhiniformes Underwood p. 234
2011Echinorhiniformes Long p. 242
2016Echinorhiniformes Nelson et al. p. 78
2018Echinorhiniformes Kent p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
orderEchinorhiniformes
orderEchinorhiniformes

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.

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Echinorhinus blakei Agassiz 1856
Echinorhinus lapaoi Antunes and Cappetta 2002
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Invalid names: Echinorhinus maremagnum Bogan 2017 [synonym]
Echinorhinus spinosus Gmelin 1789
Echinorhinus vielhus Guinot et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available