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Squalidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plagiostomi : Squalidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | dogfish shark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 10 (25%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. K. Bigelow. 1994. Occurrence of a squaloid shark (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) with the pinniped Allodesmus from the Upper Miocene of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 68(3):680-684 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dalatiinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Squalinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 13.7 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Acanthias genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Acanthidium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Acanthorhinus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Atractophorus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Centrophoroides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Centroscyllium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Entoxychirus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lepidorhinus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Machephilus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Megasqualus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Nasisqualus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Paracentroscyllium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Protosqualus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Scymnodon genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Spinax ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Squalus genus | listed (PBDB) | 76 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Trigonognathus genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Zameus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1834 | Squalidae Bonaparte |
1873 | Squalidae Leidy p. 351 |
1963 | Squalidae Jordan p. 601 |
1966 | Squalidae Cassier p. 62 |
1983 | Squalidae Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
1992 | Squalidae Long p. 15 |
1993 | Squalidae Biddle p. 198 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1993 | Squalidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 3 |
1994 | Squalidae Bigelow p. 680 |
2001 | Squalidae Purdy et al. p. 87 |
2003 | Squalidae Kriwet p. 592 |
2006 | Squalidae Underwood p. 234 |
2008 | Squalidae Adnet et al. p. 713 |
2018 | Squalidae Kent p. 59 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!