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Notorhynchus (sevengill shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy
Notorhynchus was named by Ayres (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Notidanus (Notorhynchus) by Weiler (1938).

It was assigned to Notidanus by Weiler (1938); to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexanchidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1975), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Long et al. (1993), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Underwood (2004), Rana et al. (2006), Otero et al. (2013), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015) and Kent (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Notorhynchus Ayres
1938Notidanus (Notorhynchus) Weiler p. 7
1963Notorhynchus Jordan p. 597
1975Notorhynchus Cappetta p. 119
1993Notorhynchus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 3
1993Notorhynchus Long et al. p. 655
1999Notorhynchus Underwood and Mitchell
2002Notorhynchus Sepkoski
2004Notorhynchus Underwood p. 113
2006Notorhynchus Rana et al. p. 511
2013Notorhynchus Otero et al. pp. 21-22 figs. Fg. 5: 7-10
2015Notorhynchus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7
2018Notorhynchus Kent p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusNotorhynchusAyres 1855

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. Notorhynchus Ayres 1855 [sevengill shark]
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Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available