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Diplodoselachidae

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Diplodoselachidae

Taxonomy
Diplodoselachidae was named by Dick (1981). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Xenacanthida by Zangerl (1981), Dick (1981) and Johnson and Thayer (2009); and to Xenacanthiformes by Ginter et al. (2010) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Diplodoselachidae Dick
1981Diplodoselachidae Zangerl p. 64
2009Diplodoselachidae Johnson and Thayer p. 650
2010Diplodoselachidae Ginter et al. p. 44
2016Diplodoselachidae Nelson et al. p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyDiplodoselachidaeDick 1981
familyDiplodoselachidaeDick 1981

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. †Diplodoselachidae Dick 1981
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G. †Dicentrodus Traquair 1888
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Dicentrodus bicuspidatus Traquair 1881
G. †Diplodoselache Dick 1981
G. †Hagenoselache Hampe and Heidtke 1997
G. †Lebachacanthus Soler-Gijon 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available