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Pteroscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Pteroscyllium was named by Cappetta (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pteroscylliinae.

It was assigned to Pteroscylliinae by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997); to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood and Ward (2008); and to Scyliorhinidae by Müller and Diedrich (1991), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Underwood (2004), Kriwet et al. (2009) and Guinot et al. (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pteroscyllium Cappetta
1991Pteroscyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 43
1997Pteroscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta p. 56
1999Pteroscyllium Underwood and Mitchell
2002Pteroscyllium Sepkoski
2004Pteroscyllium Underwood p. 109
2008Pteroscyllium Underwood and Ward p. 522
2009Pteroscyllium Kriwet et al. p. 323
2013Pteroscyllium Guinot et al. p. 652

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusPteroscylliumCappetta 1980

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. †Pteroscyllium Cappetta 1980
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Pteroscyllium hermani Underwood and Ward 2008
Pteroscyllium lamranii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Pteroscyllium nolfi Müller and Diedrich 1991
Pteroscyllium ornatum Underwood and Mitchell 1999
Pteroscyllium signeuxi Cappetta 1980
Pteroscyllium speetonensis Underwood 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available