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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
Echinorhinidae

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:01:36
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:01:36
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Zanclean or 140.20000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 136.4 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) Echinorhinus vielhus (213631)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France (Drôme) Echinorhinus sp. (213663)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Echinorhinidae indet. (213346 213373)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Queensland) Echinorhinus sp. (47057)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis (219963)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis (219958)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Chile Echinorhinus sp. (190521)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) Echinorhinus lapaoi (221571 221572)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel Echinorhinidae indet. (35443)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Echinorhinus sp. (181059)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Echinorhinus priscus (15595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Echinorhinus caspius (211009)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Echinorhinus caspius (140018)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Echinorhinus sp. (220746)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Echinorhinus pozzii (133690)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Echinorhinus blakei (11601)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Echinorhinus blakei (48887)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Echinorhinus blakei (59059)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Echinorhinus blakei (52582)