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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
N. primigenius, N. serratissimus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. kempi

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 86.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Amakusa) Notorhynchus sp. (161437)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Notorhynchus sp. (219963)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Notorhynchus sp. (90575 90576)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Notidanus serratissimus (8050 13299) Notorhynchus serratissimus (3260)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Notorynchus primigenius (52450)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India Notorhynchus sp. (210158)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Notorhynchus sp. (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Notorhynchus kempi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) Notorhynchus sp. (41888)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Notorhynchus sp. (211009)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Notorhynchus sp. (230269)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Notorhynchus sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Notorhynchus primigenius (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Notidanus serratissimus (159894)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Notidanus primigenius (42639)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Notorhynchus kempi (202013 202014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Notorhynchus sp. (161921)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Notidanus primigenius (81043)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Notidanus serratissimus (149316)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Notidanus serratissimus (159896)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Notidanus primigenius (89074)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Notorhynchus primigenius (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Notorhynchus primigenius (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Notorynchus primigenius (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Noiidanus primigenius (124377)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Ukraine (Nikopolskyi) Notidanus primigenius (183531)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Notorhynchus primigenius (71651)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus cepedianus (46166)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Notidanus primigenius (45792)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Notidanus primigenius (47623)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Heptranchias primigenius (126160)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Notorhynchus serratissimus (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (51330)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Notidanus primigenius (202913)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Notidanus primigenius (18506)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Notidanus primigenius (18587)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Gironde ) Notorynchus primigenius (161756)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Notidanus primigenius (48642)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Notorynchus primigenius (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary Notorynchus primigenius (210623)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Notorhynchus primigenius (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Notorynchus primigenius (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Notorynchus primigenius (161620)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (59059)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus primigenius (46165)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) Notorynchus primigenius (161623)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Notorhynchus primigenius (148227)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Notorhynchus primigenius (51002)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Notorynchus primigenius (161524 161527 161533)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Notidanus primigenius (57114) Notorhynchus primigenius (126605) Notorhynchus sp. (57700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Notidanus primigenius (57782)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Notorhynchus primigenius (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Notorynchus primigenius (208831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Notorhynchus primigenius (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Notidanus primigenius (121515)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Notidanus primigenius (34521)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Notorynchus primigenius (162679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Notidanus serratissimus (22219)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (52220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Notorynchus primigenius (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Notorynchus primigenius (65955)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Notorhynchus sp. (154117)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Notorhynchus cepedianus (46068)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Notorhynchus cepidianus (59003)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Peru Notorhynchus sp. (219058)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Brazil Notorhynchus cepedianus (52644)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Notorhynchus sp. (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Notorhynchus sp. (188304)