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Squatinidae (angel shark)
Taxonomy
Squatinidae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. Its type is Squatina.
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Tectospondyli by Case (1904) and Eastman (1904); to Squatiniformes by Cassier (1966); to Squatinoidei by Jordan (1963), Case (1981) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Squatiniformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squatiniformes by Thies (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Feichtinger et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Tectospondyli by Case (1904) and Eastman (1904); to Squatiniformes by Cassier (1966); to Squatinoidei by Jordan (1963), Case (1981) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Squatiniformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Squatiniformes by Thies (1983), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Feichtinger et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Squatinidae Bonaparte |
| 1889 | Squatinidae Woodward p. 65 |
| 1904 | Squatinidae Case p. 74 |
| 1904 | Squatinidae Eastman p. 71 |
| 1963 | Squatinidae Jordan p. 602 |
| 1966 | Squatinidae Cassier p. 57 |
| 1981 | Squatinidae Case p. 67 |
| 1983 | Squatinidae Thies p. 41 |
| 1988 | Squatinidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1992 | Squatinidae Long p. 20 |
| 1993 | Squatinidae Biddle p. 199 |
| 2001 | Squatinidae Peng et al. p. 10 |
| 2001 | Squatinidae Purdy et al. p. 97 |
| 2006 | Squatinidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2009 | Squatinidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 629 |
| 2013 | Squatinidae Underwood and Schlogl p. 490 |
| 2016 | Squatinidae Nelson et al. p. 79 |
| 2017 | Squatinidae Szabo et al. |
| 2018 | Squatinidae Kent p. 60 |
| 2020 | Squatinidae Villafaña et al. p. 731 |
| 2022 | Squatinidae Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Squatinidae Feichtinger et al. p. 15 |
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Fm. Squatinidae Bonaparte 1838 [angel shark]
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G. †Phorcynis Thiollière 1854
G. †Squalraia De la Pylaie 1835
G. †Squatina Dumeril 1806
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Subg. †Squatina (Cretascyllium) Müller and Diedrich 1991
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†Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888
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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
Subg. Squatina (Squatina) Dumeril 1805
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†Squatina (Squatina) fortemordeo Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina (Squatina) lundegreni Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina angeloides Van Beneden 1873
†Squatina baumbergensis von der Marck 1885
†Squatina biforis Le Hon 1871
†Squatina crassa Daimeries 1889
†Squatina crassidens Woodward 1889
Squatina dumeril Lesueur 1818
†Squatina frequens Underwood 2002
†Squatina gippslandicus Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
†Squatina lerichei Jordan and Beal 1910
†Squatina mulleri Reuss 1846
†Squatina occidentalis Eastman 1904
†Squatina prima Winkler 1874
†Squatina speciosa von Meyer 1856
†Squatina squatina Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 161.20000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Collections (248 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oxfordian | Germany | Squatina sp. (137169) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Spain | Phorcynis catulina (151897 151900) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina frequens (140224) | |
| Berriasian | Sweden (Scania) | Squatinidae indet. (144784) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Poland | Squatina cranei (213518 213519) | |
| Valanginian | France | Squatina sp. (214859) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | Squatina sp. (91586) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina sp. (213572) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | France | Squatina cranei, Squatina decipiens (214869) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina sp. (213577 213578) | |
| Albian | USA (Oregon) | Squatina sp. (229463) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina cranei (213324) Squatina sp. (213320) | |
| Middle Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina cranei (213325 213326 213367) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina cranei (213327 213331 213332 213334 213335 213336 213339 213340 213341 213342 213345 213346 213351 213369 213372 213373 213374) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium sp. (213337) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213328 213329 213330 213348 213368) Squatina sp. (213338 213350 213371) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Ukraine | Squatina cranei (214239 214240 214241 214242) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Squatina decipiens (213709 213710) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Kazakhstan | Squatina sp., Squatina decipiens (175010) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium expansum (210063) | |
| Cenomanian | Lithuania | Squatina decipiens (213716) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Squatina cranei (213359 213363 213567) | |