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Brachaelurus
Taxonomy
Brachaelurus was named by Ogilby (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 525,884]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Brachaeluridae.
It was assigned to Orectolobidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta and Case (1975) and Bryant (1989); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood (2006); and to Brachaeluridae by Guinot et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Orectolobidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta and Case (1975) and Bryant (1989); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood (2006); and to Brachaeluridae by Guinot et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1906 | Brachaelurus Ogilby |
1963 | Brachaelurus Jordan p. 598 |
1975 | Brachaelurus Cappetta and Case p. 10 |
1989 | Brachaelurus Bryant p. 11 |
2002 | Brachaelurus Sepkoski |
2006 | Brachaelurus Underwood p. 235 |
2014 | Brachaelurus Guinot et al. p. 71 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available