List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes and are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms. It includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered to be cartilaginous fish.
This list currently contains 792 generic names.
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Naming conventions and terminology
Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:
- Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
- Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
- Nomen oblitum (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal.
- Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
- Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.
A
B
Belantsea montana
- †Baharipristis
- †Bahariyodon
- †Bandringa
- †Barbclabornia
- †Barbclabornia luedersensis
- †Bathytheristes
- †Bavariscyllium
- †Bavariscyllium tischlingeri
- †Bdellodus
- †Bealbonn
- †Belantsea
- †Belemnobatis
- †Belemnobatis aominensis
- †Belemnobatis kermacki
- †Belemnobatis moorbergensis
- †Belemnobatis noviodunumensis
- †Belemnobatis sismondae
- †Belemnobatis stahli
- †Belemnobatis variabilis
- †Belemnobatis werneri
- †Bethacanthus
- †Biropristis
- †Bobbodus
- †Bobbodus schaefferi
- †Bobbodus schafferi
- †Bobbodus xerxesi
- †Bohemiacanthus
- †Bohemiacanthus oelbergensis
- †Bolivacanthus
- †Borealotodus
- †Borealotodus benyamovski
- †Borealotodus borealis
- †Borodinopristis
- †Borodinopristis ackermani
- †Borodinopristis schwimmeri
- †Borodinopristis shannoni
- Brachaelurus
- †Brachiacanthus
- †Brachiacanthus semiplanus
- †Brachycarcharias
- †Brachycarcharias koerti
- †Brachycarcharias lerichei
- †Brachycarcharias twiggsensis
- †Brachymylus
- †Brachymylus altidens
- †Brachymylus bogolubovi
- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Brachyrhizodus mcnultyi
- †Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
- †Bransonella
- †Bransonella lingulata
- †Bransonella nebraskensis
- †Bransonella tribula
- †Bransonella tridentata
- †Breviacanthus
- †Britobatos
- †Burnhamia
- †Burnhamia daviesi
- †Burnhamia fetahi
- †Bythiacanthus
- †Bythiacanthus lucasi
- †Bythiacanthus siderius
- †Bythiacanthus solidus
C
D
- Dalatias
- †Dalatias crenulatus
- †Dalatias sparophagus
- †Dalatias turkmenicus
- †Dallasiella
- †Dalmehodus
- †Dalpiazia
- †Damocles
- †Danogaleus
- Dasyatis
- †Dasyrhombodus
- †Davodus
- Deania
- †Debeerius
- †Deihim
- †Delpitia
- †Delpitoscyllium
- †Delpitoscyllium africanum
- †Delpitoscyllium planum
- †Deltodus
- †Deltodus angularis
- †Deltodus concha
- †Deltodus gibbus
- †Deltodus occidentalis
- †Deltodus robustus
- †Deltodus rugosus
- †Deltodus undulatus
- †Deltoptychius
- †Denaea
- †Denaea decora
- †Denaea fournieri
- †Denaea wangi
- †Denaea williamsi
- †Desmiodus
- †Desmiodus costelliferus
- †Desmiodus tumidus
- †Diablodontus
- †Diablodontus michaeledmundi
- †Diabodus
- †Diademodus
- †Diademodus dominicus
- †Diademodus utahensis
- †Dicentrodus
- †Dicentrodus bicuspidatus
- †Diclitodus
- †Diclitodus denshumani
- †Diclitodus scitulus
- †Diplacodus
- †Diplodoselache
- †Diplodoselache antiqua
- †Diplodoselache parvulus
- †Diplodoselache woodi
- †Diplodus
- †Diplolonchidion
- †Distobatus
- †Doliobatis
- †Doliodus
- †Doratodus
- †Dorsetoscyllium
- †Dorsetoscyllium terraefullonicum
- †Duffinodus
- †Duffinselache
- †Duffinselache holwellensis
- †Duwibatis
- †Dwardius
- †Dwardius siversoni
- †Dwardius sudindicus
- †Dwardius woodwardi
- †Dwykaselachus
- †Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni
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E
- †Echinochimaera
- Echinorhinus
- †Edaphodon
- †Edestus
- †Egertonodus
- †Egertonodus basanus
- †Egertonodus duffini
- †Elasmodectes
- †Elasmodectes avitus
- †Elasmodectes willetti
- †Elasmodus
- †Elasmodus avirostris
- †Elasmodus cheganicus
- †Elasmodus greenoughi
- †Elasmodus kempi
- †Elasmodus khosatskyi
- †Elasmodus rossicus
- †Elasmodus sinzovi
- †Elasmodus zharyk
- †Elictognathus
- †Elictognathus acuminatus
- †Emerikodus
- †Emsolepis
- †Enantiobatis
- †Enantiobatis tarrantensis
- †Engaibatis
- †Engolismaia
- †Eoetmopterus
- †Eoetmopterus supracretaceus
- †Eogaleus
- †Eomanodon
- †Eomanta
- †Eometlaouia
- †Eomobula
- †Eoplinthicus
- †Eoplinthicus underwoodi
- †Eoplinthicus yazooensis
- †Eoptolamna
- †Eoptolamna eccentrolopha
- †Eoptolamna supracretacea
- †Eorhincodon
- †Eorhincodon tianshanensis
- †Eorhincodon*
- †Eorhinoptera
- †Eoscymnus
- †Eosqualiolus
- †Eosqualiolus aturensis
- †Eosqualiolus skrovinai
- †Eostegostoma
- †Eostriatolamia
- †Eostriatolamia aktobensis
- †Eostriatolamia lerichei
- †Eostriatolamia paucicorrugata
- †Eostriatolamia segedini
- †Eostriatolamia venusta
- †Eotorpedo
- †Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
- †Eotorpedo jaekeli
- †Eotorpedo nolfi
- †Eotorpedo zennaroi
- †Eoxyphodolamia
- †Eoxyphodolamia mangislakensis
- †Erguitaia
- †Erguitaia arganiae
- †Erguitaia misrensis
- †Erikodus
- †Ertychius
- †Erythrobatis
- Etmopterus
- †Etmopterus acutidens
- †Etmopterus cahuzaci
- †Eugenodus
- †Euglossodus
- †Euglossodus fastigiatus
- †Euglossodus linguabovis
- †Eunemacanthus
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F
- †Fadenia
- †Falcatus
- †Fayolia
- †Fissodopsis
- †Fissodus
- †Fissodus bifidus
- †Fissodus inaequalis
- †Fissodus pattoni
- †Fissodus tricuspidatus
- †Folipistrix
- †Foumtizia
- †Foumtizia abdouni
- †Foumtizia arba
- †Foumtizia deschutteri
- †Foumtizia gadaensis
- †Foumtizia pattersoni
- †Foumtizia poudenxae
- †Foumtizia zhelezkoi
- †Fragilicorona
- †Fragilicorona guizhouensi
- †Fragilicorona paralabritricuspis
- †Frangerodus
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G
- Galeocerdo
- †Galeocerdo acutus
- †Galeocerdo aduncus
- †Galeocerdo aegyptiacus
- †Galeocerdo alabamensis
- †Galeocerdo angustidens
- †Galeocerdo capellini
- †Galeocerdo casei
- †Galeocerdo clarkensis
- †Galeocerdo davisi
- †Galeocerdo eaglesomei
- †Galeocerdo gajensis
- †Galeocerdo latidens
- †Galeocerdo mayumbensis
- †Galeocerdo mixtus
- †Galeocerdo paulinoi
- †Galeocerdo productus
- †Galeocerdo rosaliaensis
- †Galeocerdo subcrenatus
- †Galeocerdo sublaevis
- †Galeocerdo triqueter
- †Galeocorax
- †Galeocorax jaekeli
- †Galeocorax unilateralis
- Galeorhinus
- †Galeorhinus duchaussoisi
- †Galeorhinus girardoti
- †Galeorhinus glickmani
- †Galeorhinus goncalvesi
- †Galeorhinus loangoensis
- †Galeorhinus louisi
- †Galeorhinus mesetaensis
- †Galeorhinus minutissimus
- †Galeorhinus parvulus
- †Galeorhinus tenius
- †Galeorhinus ypresiensis
- †Ganntouria
- †Ganopristis
- †Gansuselache
- †Garabatis
- †Garrigascyllium
- †Garrigascyllium aganticensis
- †Gibbechinorhinus
- †Gigantichthys
- †Gilliodus
- †Gilliodus orvillei
- †Gilliodus peyeri
- Ginglymostoma
- †Ginglymostoma angolense
- †Ginglymostoma botmaense
- †Ginglymostoma chenanei
- †Ginglymostoma cuspidata
- †Ginglymostoma dartevellei
- †Ginglymostoma delfortriei
- †Ginglymostoma erramii
- †Ginglymostoma khouribgaense
- †Ginglymostoma maghrebianum
- †Ginglymostoma malembeense
- †Ginglymostoma maroccanum
- †Ginglymostoma serra
- †Ginglymostoma sokotoense
- †Ginglymostoma subafricanum
- †Ginteria
- †Gissarodus
- †Gladbachus
- †Gladioserratus
- †Gladioserratus aptiensis
- †Gladioserratus dentatus
- †Gladioserratus magnus
- †Gladioserratus serratissimus
- †Glickmanodus
- †Glikmania
- †Glikmanius
- †Glikmanius culmenis
- †Glikmanius myachkovensis
- †Glikmanius occidentalis
- †Glueckmanotodus
- †Glueckmanotodus heinzelini
- †Glueckmanotodus heinzelini cheganensis
- †Glueckmanotodus kamyshinensis
- †Glueckmanotodus karatauensis
- †Glykmania
- †Glykmania turkestanensis
- †Glyphanodus
- Glyphis
- †Gomphogaleus
- †Gondwanodus
- †Goodrichthys
- †Goodrichthys eskdalensis
- †Gregorius
- †Grozonodon
- †Gualepis
- †Gunnellodus
- †Gunnellodus bellistriatus
- Gymnura
- †Gymnura delpiti
- †Gymnura grootaerti
- †Gymnura hovestadti
- †Gymnura laterialata
- †Gymnura transita
- †Gyrace
- †Godzilla shark
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I
- Iago
- †Iansan
- †Iberotrygon
- †Iberotrygon plagiolophus
- †Igdabatis
- †Igdabatis indicus
- †Igdabatis sigmodon
- †Ikamauius
- †Iniopera
- †Iniopteryx
- †Inioxyele
- †Isacrodus
- †Isanodus
- †Ischyodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyrhiza basinensis
- †Ischyrhiza chilensis
- †Ischyrhiza georgiensis
- †Ischyrhiza hartenbergeri
- †Ischyrhiza mira
- †Ischyrhiza mira schneideri
- †Ischyrhiza monasterica
- †Ischyrhiza schneideri
- †Ischyrhiza viaudi
- †Ishaquia
- Isistius
- †Isistius triangulus
- †Isistius trituratus
- Isogomphodon
- †Isogomphodon acuarius
- †Isogomphodon caunellensis
- †Isurolamna
- †Isurolamna affinis
- †Isurolamna bajarunasi
- †Isurolamna gracilis
- †Isurolamna inflata
- Isurus
- †Isurus desori
- †Isurus flandricus
- †Isurus minutus
- †Isurus nakaminatoensis
- †Isurus planus
- †Isurus praecursor
- †Isurus rameshi
- †Itapyrodus
- †Ixobatis
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J
- †Jacquhermania
- †Jacquhermania attiai
- †Jacquhermania duponti
- †Jaekelotodus
- †Jaekelotodus bagualensis
- †Jaekelotodus borystenicus
- †Jaekelotodus jaekeli
- †Jaekelotodus karagiensis
- †Jaekelotodus londonensis
- †Jaekelotodus minor
- †Jaekelotodus robustus
- †Jaekelotodus trigonalis
- †Jaekelotodus trigonalis bucharensis
- †Jaekelotodus trigonalis jaekeli
- †Jaekelotodus trigonalis medius
- †Jaekelotodus trigonalis minor
- †Jalodus
- †Janassa
- †Jekelotodus
- †Jiaodontus
- †Jiaodontus montaltissimus
- †Jiaodontus sp.
- †Jiaodontus vedenemus
- †Johnlongia
- †Johnlongia allocotodon
- †Johnlongia parvidens
- †Jurobatos
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K
- †Kaibabvenator
- †Kannathalepis
- †Kanodus
- †Karaisurus
- †Karksilepis
- †Karksiodus
- †Kawichthys
- †Keasius
- †Keasius parvus
- †Keasius taylori
- †Kenolamna
- †Khoratodus
- †Khouribgaleus
- †Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza
- †Khuffia
- †Khuffia lenis
- †Khuffia prolixa
- †Kiestus
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M
N
- †Nanocetorhinus
- †Nanocetorhinus tuberculatus
- †Nanocorax
- †Nanocorax microserratodon
- †Nanoskalme
- †Navia
- Nebrius
- Negaprion
- †Nemacanthus
- †Nemacanthus filifer
- †Nemacanthus monilifer
- †Neosaivodus
- †Neosaivodus flagstaffensis
- †Neosinacanthus
- †Neosinacanthus planispinatus
- †Netsepoye
- †Nolfia
- †Notidanodon
- †Notidanodon brotzeni
- †Notidanodon dentatus
- †Notidanodon lanceolatus
- †Notidanodon loozi
- †Notidanodon pectinatus
- †Notidanoides
- †Notidanus
- †Notidanus amalthei
- †Notidanus atrox
- †Notidanus intermedius
- †Notidanus nikitini
- Notorynchus
- †Notorynchus borealus
- †Notorynchus kempi
- †Notorynchus lawleyi
- †Notorynchus primigenius
- †Notorynchus subrecurvus
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P
R
- †Raineria
- †Rainerichthys
- Raja
- †Rajitheca
- †Rajitheca bavarica
- †Rajitheca grisigensis
- †Rajitheca helvetica
- †Recurvacanthus
- †Recurvacanthus uniserialis
- †Reesodus
- †Reesodus pectinatus
- †Reesodus underwoodi
- †Reesodus wirksworthensis
- †Reginaselache
- †Reifia
- †Renpetia
- †Restesia
- †Reticulodus
- †Rhaibodus
- Rhinobatos
- †Rhinobatos alaicus
- †Rhinobatos antunesi
- †Rhinobatos auribatensis
- †Rhinobatos bruxelliensis
- †Rhinobatos casieri
- †Rhinobatos craddocki
- †Rhinobatos echavei
- †Rhinobatos gonzaloi
- †Rhinobatos grandis
- †Rhinobatos hakelensis
- †Rhinobatos halteri
- †Rhinobatos ibericus
- †Rhinobatos incertus
- †Rhinobatos incidens
- †Rhinobatos intermedius
- †Rhinobatos kiestensis
- †Rhinobatos ladoniaensis
- †Rhinobatos latus
- †Rhinobatos lobatus
- †Rhinobatos mariannae
- †Rhinobatos maronita
- †Rhinobatos matzensis
- †Rhinobatos picteti
- †Rhinobatos sahnii
- †Rhinobatos seruensis
- †Rhinobatos sotoi
- †Rhinobatos steurbauti
- †Rhinobatos tenuirostris
- †Rhinobatos tesselatus
- †Rhinobatos uvulatus
- †Rhinobatos whitfieldi
- Rhinochimaera
- †Rhinochimaera arenicola
- †Rhinochimaera caucasica
- †Rhinognathus
- Rhinoptera
- †Rhinoptera prisca
- †Rhinoptera raeburni
- †Rhinoptera rasilis
- †Rhinoptera schultzi
- †Rhinoptera sherborni
- †Rhinoptera smithii
- †Rhinoptera studeri
- †Rhinoptera woodwardi
- †Rhizochlatrus
- Rhizoprionodon
- †Rhizoprionodon bisulcatus
- †Rhizoprionodon crenidens
- †Rhizoprionodon fischeuri
- †Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis
- †Rhizoprionodon taxandriae
- †Rhizoquadrangulus
- †Rhizoquadrangulus rupeliensis
- †Rhomaleodus
- †Rhombodus
- †Rhombodus andriesi
- †Rhombodus binkhorsti
- †Rhombodus carentonensis
- †Rhombodus cf. ibericus
- †Rhombodus ibericus
- †Rhombodus laevis
- †Rhombodus levis
- †Rhombodus meridionalis
- †Rhombodus microdon
- †Rhombopterygia
- †Rhombopterygia chaconae
- †Rhombopterygia rajoides
- †Rhombopterygia villae
- †Rhombopterygia zaborskii
- †Rhomphaiodon
- Rhynchobatus
- †Rhynchobatus pristinus
- †Rhynchobatus vincenti
- †Romerodus
- †Roongodus
- †Roulletia
- †Roulletia bureaui
- †Roulletia canadensis
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T
- †Taeniurops
- †Tamiobatis
- †Tamiobatis cf. succinctus
- †Tamiobatis succinctus
- †Tamiobatis vetustus
- †Tamiobatis wachsmuthi
- †Tanaodus
- †Tanaodus bellicinctus
- †Tanaodus depressius
- †Tanaodus grossiplicatus
- †Tanaodus multiplicatus
- †Tanaodus obscurus
- †Tanaodus polymorphus
- †Tanaodus pumilis
- †Tanaodus scoticus
- †Tanaodus sculptus
- †Tanaodus sublunatus
- †Tanaodus wisei
- †Tanoutia
- †Tantalepis
- †Taquaralodus
- †Taquaralodus albuquerquei
- †Tarimacanthus
- †Tassiliodus
- †Telodontaspis
- †Telodontaspis agassizensis
- †Teresodus
- †Tethybatis
- †Texabatis
- †Texasodus
- †Texasodus sp.
- †Texasodus varidentatus
- †Texatrygon
- †Texatrygon avonicola
- †Texatrygon brycensis
- †Texatrygon copei
- †Texatrygon hooveri
- †Texatrygon stouti
- †Thaiodus
- †Thiesus
- †Thrinacodus
- †Thrinacodus bicuspidatus
- †Thrinacodus duplicatus
- †Thrinacodus dziki
- †Thrinacodus ferox
- †Thrinacodus gracia
- †Thrinacodus incurvus
- †Thrinacodus nanus
- †Thrinacodus tranquillus
- †Thrinacodus (Harpagodens)
- †Thrinacodus (Harpagodens) ferox
- †Tiaraju
- †Tingaleus
- †Tingitanius
- †Tingitanius tenuimandibulus
- †Titanichthys
- †Titanonarke
- †Tobolamna
- †Tobolamna levinae
- †Tobolamna tobolensis
- †Tomewingia
- Torpedo
- †Toxoprion
- †Traquairius
- Triaenodon
- Triakis
- †Triakis antunesi
- †Triakis beali
- †Triakis chalossensis
- †Triakis kelleri
- †Triakis rutimeyeri
- †Triakis tanoutensis
- †Triakis wardi
- †Tribodus
- †Tribodus limae
- †Tribodus morlati
- †Tribodus tunisiensis
- †Trigonodus
- †Trigonotodus
- †Trigonotodus alteri
- †Trigonotodus tusbairicus
- †Triodus
- †Triodus carinatus
- †Triodus elpia
- †Triodus frossardi
- †Triodus kraetschmeri
- †Triodus lauterensis
- †Triodus obscurus
- †Triodus palatinus
- †Triodus pulchellus
- †Triodus serratus
- †Triodus sessilis
- †Triodus teberdaensis
- †Tristychius
- †Truyolsodontos
- †Tuberospina
- †Tubulacanthus
- †Turania
- †Turnovichthys
- †Turoniabatis
- †Tuvalepis
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U
- †Uralodus
- Urobatis
- Urolophus
- †Usakias
- †Usakias wardi
- †Usakias wardi gracilis
- †Usakias wardi schorymensis
V
- †Vallisia
- †Vascobatis
- †Vectiselachos
- †Vectiselachos gosslingi
- †Vectiselachos ornatus
- †Venustodus
- †Vetacapsula
- †Vetacapsula cooperi
- †Vetacapsula kidstoni
- †Vetacapsula moyseyi
- †Viperecucullus
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W
- †Walteraja
- †Washakiebatis
- †Weissobatis
- †Welcommia
- †Wellerodus
- †Wellerodus priscus
- †Wellerodus wellsi
- †Weltonia
- †Weltonia ancistrodon
- †Weltonia burnhamensis
- †Wodnika
- †Woellsteinia
- †Woellsteinia kozlovi
- †Woellsteinia oligocaena
- †Wurdigneria
- †Wurdigneria obliterata
- †Wurdigneria pricei
- †Wurdigneria santosi
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X
- †Xenacanthus
- †Xenodolamia
- †Xenosynechodus
- †Xinjiangichthys
- †Xinjiangichthys pluridentatus
- †Xinjiangichthys tarimensis
- †Xiphodolamia
- †Xiphodolamia ensis
- †Xiphodolamia eocaena
- †Xiphodolamia serrata
- †Xystracanthus
- †Xystrogaleus
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Y
- †Youssoubatis
- †Youssoubatis ganntourensis
Z
- †Zamponiopteron
- †Zamponiopteron falciformis
- †Zamponiopteron spinifera
- †Zamponiopteron triangularis
- Zapteryx
- †Zygobates
- †Zygzabatis
See also
References
Uncited genera can be attributed to the following:
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