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Acanthorhinus

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Acanthorhinus was named by Blainville (1816).

It was assigned to Squalidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Acanthorhinus Blainville p. 95
1963Acanthorhinus Jordan p. 601

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusAcanthorhinusBlainville 1816

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. †Acanthorhinus Blainville 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available