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Sphyrnidae (hammerhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Sphyrnidae Gill
1902Sphyrninae Hay p. 314
1963Sphyrnidae Jordan p. 600
1981Sphyrnidae Case p. 66
2001Sphyrnidae Purdy et al. p. 157
2005Sphyrnidae Compagno
2007Sphyrnidae Adnet et al. p. 314
2009Sphyrnidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 635
2016Sphyrnidae Nelson et al. p. 72
2018Sphyrnidae Kent p. 121
2020Sphyrnidae Villafaña et al. p. 739

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familySphyrnidaeGill 1872
familySphyrnidaeGill 1872

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.

Fm. Sphyrnidae Gill 1872 [hammerhead shark]
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G. †Cestrorhinus Blainville 1816
G. Eusphyra Giill 1862
G. †Platysqualus Swainson 1839
G. †Reniceps Gill 1861
G. †Sphyra Van der Hoeven 1849
G. †Sphyrichthys Thienemann 1828
G. Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 [hammerhead shark]
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Sphyrna americana Leriche 1942
Sphyrna denticulata Agassiz 1843
Sphyrna gibbesii Hay 1902
Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942
Sphyrna guinoti Adnet et al. 2020
Sphyrna itoriensis White 1926
Sphyrna laevissima Cope 1867
Sphyrna lata Agassiz 1843
Sphyrna lewini Griffith and Smith 1834
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868
Sphyrna media Springer 1940
Sphyrna subserrata Münster 1846
Sphyrna tortilis White 1926
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758
G. †Sphyrnias Rafinesque 1815
G. †Zygaena Cuvier 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available