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Scymnorhinus
Taxonomy
Scymnorhinus was named by Bonaparte (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Pale R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant. Its type is Scymnus lichia.
It was assigned to Somniosidae by Hay (1902); to Scymnorhinidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan and Gilbert (1919) and Jordan (1963); and to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Somniosidae by Hay (1902); to Scymnorhinidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan and Gilbert (1919) and Jordan (1963); and to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Scymnorhinus Bonaparte |
| 1902 | Scymnorhinus Hay p. 314 |
| 1919 | Scymnorhinus Jordan and Gilbert p. 23 |
| 1963 | Scymnorhinus Jordan p. 602 |
| 2002 | Scymnorhinus Sepkoski |
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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. Scymnorhinus Bonaparte 1846
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†Scymnorhinus lichia Cuvier 1817
†Scymnorhinus occidentalis Agassiz 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023 | |||||