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Paraisurus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Paraisuridae

Taxonomy
Paraisurus was named by Glikman (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cretoxyrhinidae by Herman (1977), Siverson (1997) and Cappetta and Case (1999); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paraisuridae by Herman (1979) and Siversson and Machalski (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Paraisurus Glikman
1977Paraisurus Herman p. 166
1979Paraisurus Herman p. 362
1997Paraisurus Siverson p. 461
1999Paraisurus Cappetta and Case p. 24
2002Parisurus Sepkoski
2017Paraisurus Siversson and Machalski p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyParaisuridae
genusParaisurusGlikman 1957

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. †Paraisurus Glikman 1957
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Paraisurus compressus Sokolov 1978
Paraisurus macrorhizus Pictet and Campiche 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available