Scyliorhinus

Scyliorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch.[2][3]

Scyliorhinus
Temporal range: 104–0 Ma[1] Late Albian to present
Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Scyliorhinus
Blainville, 1816
Type species
Squalus canicula

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

Extinct species
Fossil of Scyliorhinus elongatus from the Cretaceous of Lebanon
  • †Scyliorhinus ambliatlanticus Lautiro Mora, 1999
  • †Scyliorhinus angustus (Münster, 1843)
  • †Scyliorhinus antiquus (Agassiz, 1843)
  • †Scyliorhinus arambourgi Cappetta, 1980
  • †Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
  • †Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter, 1995
  • †Scyliorhinus biformis Reinecke, 2014
  • †Scyliorhinus bloti Cappetta, 1980
  • †Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood & Ward, 2008
  • †Scyliorhinus cepaeformis Halter, 1990
  • †Scyliorhinus coupatezi Herman, 1974
  • †Scyliorhinus dubius (Woodward, 1889)
  • †Scyliorhinus elongatus (Davis, 1887)
  • †Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
  • †Scyliorhinus fossilis (Leriche, 1927)
  • †Scyliorhinus ivagrantae Case & Cappetta, 1997
  • †Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta, 1970
  • †Scyliorhinus kannenbergi Leder, 2015
  • †Scyliorhinus kasenoi Karasawa, 1989
  • †Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter, 1995
  • †Scyliorhinus malembeensis Dartevelle & Casier, 1959
  • †Scyliorhinus monsaugustus Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
  • †Scyliorhinus moosi Herman, 1975
  • †Scyliorhinus muelleri Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013
  • †Scyliorhinus musteliformis Herman, 1977
  • †Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
  • †Scyliorhinus reyndersi Halter, 1995
  • †Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis Reinecke, 2014
  • †Scyliorhinus sulcidens Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997
  • †Scyliorhinus taylorensis Cappetta & Case, 1999
  • †Scyliorhinus tensleepensis Case, 1987
  • †Scyliorhinus trifolius Adnet, 2006
  • †Scyliorhinus wardi Halter, 1990
  • †Scyliorhinus woodwardi Cappetta, 1976

References
  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
  2. Fossilworks: Scyliorhinus at Paleobiology Database.
  3. Carrier, J. C.; Musick, J. A. & Heithaus, M. R. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives.
  4. Soares, K.D.A., Gomes, U.L. & De Carvalho, M.R. (2016): Taxonomic review of catsharks of the Scyliorhinus haeckelii group, with the description of a new species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa, 4066 (5): 501-534.
  5. Soares, K. D. A.; Gadig, O. B. F. & Gomes, U. L. (2015). "Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)". Zootaxa. 3937 (2): 347–361. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.6. PMID 25947474.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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