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This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired Fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone....
 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
Nomen dubium

In ICZN, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Note that in the ICBN and ICNB the phrase "nomen dubium" has no status....
), or were not formally published (nomina nuda
Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin language term, meaning "naked name". In taxonomy, this is used to indicate a term or phrase which looks like a scientific name, and may well have been intended to become a scientific name, but fails to be one because it was not published with an adequate description , and thus is "bare" or "naked"....
), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered to be cartilaginous fish.

This list currently contains 376 generic names.


ng conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is a set of rules in zoology that have one fundamental aim: to provide the maximum universality and continuity in the naming of all animals according to taxonomy judgment....
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This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired Fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone....
 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
Nomen dubium

In ICZN, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Note that in the ICBN and ICNB the phrase "nomen dubium" has no status....
), or were not formally published (nomina nuda
Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin language term, meaning "naked name". In taxonomy, this is used to indicate a term or phrase which looks like a scientific name, and may well have been intended to become a scientific name, but fails to be one because it was not published with an adequate description , and thus is "bare" or "naked"....
), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered to be cartilaginous fish.

This list currently contains 376 generic names.

  • Extinct genera are marked by a dagger (†).
  • Extant
    Extant

    Extant is a term commonly used in biology to refer to taxa that are still in existence . The term extant contrasts with extinct. For example, Brandt's Cormorant is an extant species, while the Spectacled Cormorant is an extinct species....
     genera are bolded.

Naming conventions and terminology

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is a set of rules in zoology that have one fundamental aim: to provide the maximum universality and continuity in the naming of all animals according to taxonomy judgment....
. 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
    Nomen nudum

    The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin language term, meaning "naked name". In taxonomy, this is used to indicate a term or phrase which looks like a scientific name, and may well have been intended to become a scientific name, but fails to be one because it was not published with an adequate description , and thus is "bare" or "naked"....
    (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
    Nomen oblitum

    A nomen oblitum is a name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal, and which is either a senior synonym or homonym; that is, a more recent name which is in common use is either the same taxon , or is spelled the same ....
    (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
    Nomen dubium

    In ICZN, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Note that in the ICBN and ICNB the phrase "nomen dubium" has no status....
    (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

  • Abdounia
  • Acandylacanthus
  • Acanthorhina
  • Acanthoscyllium
  • Acmoniodus
  • Acrodus
    Acrodus

    Acrodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Triassic.Sources* Fossils by David Ward ...
  • Acronemus
  • Aetobatus
    Aetobatus

    Aetobatus is a genus of fish in the Myliobatidae family.It contains the following species:* longheaded eagle ray * Spotted eagle rayFile:Aetobatus-narinari.jpg...
  • Aetomylaeus
    Aetomylaeus

    Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle ray in the Myliobatidae family.It contains the following species:* mottled eagle ray * banded eagle ray ...
  • Agaleus
  • Agassizodus
  • Ageleodus
  • Agkistracanthus
  • Alethodontus
  • Almascyllium
  • Alopias
  • Amelacanthus
  • Amylodon
  • Anachronistes
  • Anaclitacanthus
  • Ankystrorhynchus
  • Annea
  • Anomotodon
    Anomotodon

    Anomotodon is an extinct genus of shark related to the extant goblin shark . The distribution of Anomotodon fossils is worldwide, in formations indicating that members of the genus lived from the Early Cretaceous epoch through the Eocene epoch, and perhaps through the Oligocene as well....
  • Anoxypristis
  • Antliodus
  • Apocopodon
  • Arauzia
  • Archaeolamna
  • Archaeomanta
  • Archaeotriakis
  • Arctacanthus
  • Arechia
  • Arpagodus
  • Arthropterus
  • Asteracanthus
  • Asterodermus
  • Asteroptychius


B


  • Bdellodus
  • Bebhacanthus
  • Belantsea
  • Belemnobatis
  • Bobbodus
  • Brachaelurus
  • Brachymylus
  • Brachyrhizodus
  • Brachyrhizodus
  • Breviacanthus
  • Burnhamia


C


  • Callorhynchus
  • Campodus
    Campodus

    Campodus is an extinct genus of eugeneodontid from the Carboniferous.Sources...
  • Campyloprion
  • Cantioscyllium
  • Carcharhinus
    Carcharhinus

    Carcharhinus is a genus of requiem sharks, the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae....
  • Carchariolamna
  • Carcharocles
  • Carcharodon
  • Carcharoides
  • Caseodus
    Caseodus

    Caseodus is an extinct genus of eugeneodontid from the Carboniferous....
  • Cederstroemia
  • Centrophoroides
  • Centrophorus
    Centrophorus

    Centrophorus is a genus of squaliform sharks. They are deep-water sharks found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are characterized by grey or brown bodies, large green eyes, and spines on both dorsal fins....
  • Centropterus
  • Centrosqualus
  • Cetorhinus
  • Chaenogaleus
  • Chiastodus
  • Chiloscyllium
  • Chimaera
    Chimaera

    Chimaeras are Chondrichthyes in the order Chimaeriformes. They are related to the sharks and batoidea, and are sometimes called ghost sharks, ratfish , or rabbitfishes....
  • Chimaeropsis
  • Chlamydoselachus
  • Chomatodus
  • Chondrenchelys
    Chondrenchelys

    Chondrenchelys is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish....
  • Cladoselache
    Cladoselache

    Cladoselache is a genus of Extinction shark. It appeared in the Devonian period.File:Fossil of the Cladoselache, a Devonian Shark.gifFile:Cladoselache fyleri.JPG...
  • Cobelodus
    Cobelodus

    Cobelodus is an extinct genus of shark that lived in the Middle to Late Carboniferous Period in what is today Illinois and Iowa.Cobelodus was a two-meter long predator of Carboniferous oceans....
  • Coelosteus
  • Copodus
  • Coronodus
  • Coupatezia
    Coupatezia

    Coupatezia is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....
  • Crassidonta
  • Cratoselache
  • Cretascymnus
  • Cretodus
  • Cretolamna
  • Cretorectolobus
  • Cretoxyrhina
  • Ctenacanthus
  • Ctenopristis
    Ctenopristis

    Ctenopristis is a prehistoric genus of saw fish whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage. The anterior teeth of Ctenopristis have a high cusp compared to certain other ancient sawfish genera....
  • Cyclobatis
    Cyclobatis

    Cyclobatis is an extinct genus of stingray-like skate from the Upper Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon. The genus is typified by a circular form, and the presence of an extremely short tail....
  • Cynopodius


D


  • Dabasacanthus
  • Dalatias
  • Dalpiazia
    Dalpiazia

    Dalpiazia is a prehistoric genus of saw fish whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage in Morocco. It was named in honor of Ernst Stromer....
  • Dasyatis
    Dasyatis

    Dasyatis is a genus of stingray....
  • Deania
    Deania

    Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae....
  • Delphyodontos
    Delphyodontos

    Delphyodontos dacriformes was a prehistoric chimaera fish from the early Carboniferous, from the Bear Gulch Limestone Lagerst?tte, in Montana....
  • Deltoptychius
    Deltoptychius

    Deltoptychius is an extinct species of Chondrichthyes belonging to the subclass Holocephali. It lived in the Carboniferous era and was the ancestor of today's chimaera's....
  • Denaea
  • Desmiodus
  • Desdeminus
  • Diademodus
  • Dicrenodus
  • Doratodus


E


  • Echinochimaera
    Echinochimaera

    Echinochimaera is an extinct genus of chimaera.Sources ...
  • Echinodus
  • Echinorhinus
    Echinorhinus

    Echinorhinus is a genus of squaliform sharks, the only extant genus in the family Echinorhinidae. The name is from Greek language echinos meaning "sea urchin" and rhinos meaning "nose"....
  • Edaphodon
    Edaphodon

    Edaphodon was a prehistoric Chimaera fish genus belonging to the family callorhinchidae. Edaphodon was a type of rabbitfish, a Chondrichthyes related to sharks and Batoidea, and indeed some rabbitfishes are still alive today....
  • Edestus
    Edestus

    Edestus is a genus of shark that lived throughout the world's oceans during the late Carboniferous. All of the species are known only from their teeth....
  • Elasmodectes
  • Elasmodus
  • Elegestolepis
  • Eoetmopterus
  • Eogaleus
  • Eomanta
  • Eomobula
  • Eonotidanus
  • Eoorodus
  • Eostegostoma
  • Eotorpedo
  • Erikodus
  • Erquitaia
    Erquitaia

    Erquitaia is a poorly known genus of prehistoric Galeomorphii shark whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....
  • Etmopterus
    Etmopterus

    Etmopterus, also known as the lantern sharks, is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae....
  • Eucentrurus
  • Eugeneodus
  • Euglossodus
  • Euryarthra


F


  • Fadenia
    Fadenia

    Fadenia is an extinct genus of Eugeneodontida from Permian of Greenland....
  • Falcatus
  • Fissodus


G


  • Galeocerdo
  • Ganodus
  • Ganopristis
    Ganopristis

    Ganopristis is a prehistoric genus of saw fish whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage. Its fossils can be found in Spain and Israel....
  • Geleorhinus
  • Gibbechinorhinus
  • Gilliodus
  • Ginglymostoma
  • Glikmanius
    Glikmanius

    Glikmanius is an extinct genus of shark which lived in the Carboniferous of North America and Russia. The genus is based on a whole specimen from Nebraska, United States....
  • Glyphanodus
  • Goodrichthys
  • Gymnura


H


  • Harpacodus
  • Harpagofututor
    Harpagofututor

    Harpagofututor is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Mississippian of North America.It was an eel-shaped fish with almost no scales....
  • Harriotta
    Harriotta

    Harriotta is a genus of fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family.It contains the following species:* smallspine spookfish * Narrownose chimaera...
  • Helicampodus
  • Helicoprion
    Helicoprion

    Helicoprion was a long-lived genus of shark-like cartilaginous fish that first arose in the oceans of the late Carboniferous , survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event Extinction Extinction event, and eventually went extinct during the early Triassic some ....
  • Hemipristis
  • Hemiscyllium
  • Heptranchias
  • Hercynolepis
  • Heterodontus
  • Heteropetalus
  • Heterotorpedo
  • Hexanchus
    Hexanchus

    Hexanchus is a genus of deepwater sharks in the family Hexanchidae. These sharks are characterized by broad pointed heads, six pairs of gill slits, comb-like lower teeth, and a long tail....
  • Hispidaspis
  • Holmesella
  • Hueneichthys
  • Hybocladodus
  • Hybodus
    Hybodus

    Hybodus is an extinct genus of once-common, widespread and long lived sharks, first appearing towards the end of the Permian period, and disappearing at the beginning of the Cretaceous ....
  • Hydroplanus
  • Hylaeobatis
  • Hypolophites
  • Hypolophodon
  • Hypotodus
  • Hypsobatis


I


  • Iberolepis
  • Icthypriapus
  • Igdabatis
    Igdabatis

    Igdabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....
  • Ikamuius
  • Iniopera
  • Iniopteryx
    Iniopteryx

    Iniopteryx is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous of North America....
  • Inioxyle
  • Ischyodus
    Ischyodus

    Ischyodus is an extinct genus of Chondrichthyes belonging to the subclass Holocephali, which includes the modern-day chimaeras.Ischyodus was virtually identical to the present-day chimaera Chimaera monstrosa, which is found in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea....
  • Ischyrhiza
    Ischyrhiza

    Ischyrhiza is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous.Sources* Fossils by David Ward ...
  • Isistius
    Isistius

    Isistius is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Dalatiidae....
  • Isogomphodon
  • Isurolamna
  • Isurus
    Isurus

    Isurus is the genus of mako sharks, large sharks in the family Lamnidae, the mackerel sharks or white sharks. There are two living species, the common shortfin mako shark and the relatively rare longfin mako shark , and several extinct species known from fossils....


J


  • Jacqhermania
  • Jaekelotodus
  • Janassa
    Janassa

    Janassa is an extinct genus of Chondrichthyes that lived in marine environments in what is now central United States of America and Europe during the Carboniferous and Permian....
  • Jimpohlia
  • Jurobatos


L

  • Lagarodus
  • Lambdodus
  • Lamna
    Lamna

    Mackerel sharks are a genus of shark....
  • Leiodus
  • Leonotus
  • Leptostyrax
  • Lestrodus
  • Libanopristis
    Libanopristis

    Libanopristis is an extinct genus of sawfish from Lebanon.Sources * A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case...
  • Lisgodus
  • Lissodus
  • Lunalepis


M


  • Macrourogaleus
  • Mafoletia
  • Manta
    Manta ray

    The manta ray , is the largest of the batoidea, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7.6 m across, with a weight of about 2,300 kg ....
  • Marckgrafia
  • Marracanthus
  • Mazodus
  • Mcmurdodus
  • Megactenopetalus
  • Megascyliorhinus
  • Megasqualus
  • Menaspis
    Menaspis

    Menaspis is an extinct genus of holocephalian cartilaginous fish from the Permian....
  • Merabatis
  • Mesiteia
  • Mesodmodus
  • Mesolophodus
  • Metopacanthus
  • Microcorax
  • Microetmopterus
  • Micropristis
  • Misrichthys
  • Mitsukurina
  • Mobula
    Mobula

    Mobula is a genus of ray in the family Myliobatidae . Their appearance is similar to that of Manta rays, which are in the same family. The Devil fish can attain a disc width of up to 5.2 meters and probably can weigh over a ton , second only to the Manta in size....
  • Monocladodus
  • Moyacanthus
  • Mustelus
  • Myledaphus
  • Myliobatis
    Myliobatis

    Myliobatis is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae....
  • Myriacanthus


N


  • Narcine
    Narcine

    Narcine is a genus of small electric rays in the numbfish family, Narcinidae....
  • Nebrius
  • Negaprion
    Negaprion

    Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks, in the family Carcharhinidae....
  • Nemacanthus
  • Netsepoye
    Netsepoye

    Netsepoye hawesi is an extinct prehistoric cartilaginous fish, which lived around 420 million years ago, during the Late Mississippian. It has been discovered at the water well known Bear Gulch Formation in Montana, United States), dated at Carboniferous period....
  • Notidanodon
  • Notorhynchus
    Notorhynchus

    Notorynchus is a genus of Seven-gill shark that evolved in the Late Cretaceous through the Present Day. The Sevengill shark is a large shark which according to Compagno inhabits shallow , temperate coastal continental waters....


O


  • Odontaspis
    Odontaspis

    Odontaspis is one of two genera in the sand shark family , Odontaspididae. They are large-bodied sharks with long, conical snouts, broad-based dorsal fin and anal fins, and an asymmetrical caudal fin with a strong lower lobe....
  • Odontorhytis
  • Onchopristus
  • Onchosaurus
  • Onychoselache
  • Orectoloboides
  • Orestiacanthus
  • Ornithoprion
  • Orodus
    Orodus

    Orodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish that lived from the late Pennsylvanian to the early Permian in what is now North America....
  • Otodus
  • Oxynotus
    Oxynotus

    Oxynotus is a genus of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as the rough sharks. It is the only genus in the family Oxynotidae....


P


  • Pachygaleus
  • Pachyhexanchus
  • Pachymylus
  • Palaeobates
  • Palaeocarcharias
  • Palaeocarcharodon
  • Palaeodasyatis
  • Palaeogaleus
  • Palaeohypotodus
  • Palaeorhincodon
  • Palaeoscyllium
  • Palaeospinax
  • Paleobrachselurus
  • Paracorax
  • Paracymatodus
  • Paraechinorhinus
  • Paragaleus
  • Paraginglymostoma
  • Parahelicampodus
  • Parahelicoprion
    Parahelicoprion

    Parahelicoprion is an extinct genus of Eugeneodontida, shark-like cartilaginous fish....
  • Paraheptranchias
  • Paranomotodon
  • Paraorthacodus
    Paraorthacodus

    Paraorthacodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish....
  • Parapalaeobates
  • Pararaja
  • Pararhincodon


  • Parasquatina
  • Paratriakis
  • Parisurus
  • Parotodus
  • Peripristis
  • Petalodus
    Petalodus

    Petalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Permian.Sources * Fossils by David Ward ...
  • Petrodus
  • Peyeria
  • Phoebodus
  • Phorcynis
    Phorcynis

    Phorcynis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish....
  • Physogaleus
    Physogaleus

    Physogaleus is a small prehistoric shark that lived in the Eocene....
  • Platyrhina
    Platyrhina

    Platyrhina is a genus of guitarfish, family Rhinobatidae, with two species. Along with the thornback guitarfish, they are sometimes placed in their own family, Platyrhinidae....
  • Platyxystrodus
  • Plinthicus
  • Pliotrema
  • Polyacrodus
  • Polyrhizodus
  • Polysentor
  • Pororhiza
  • Premintreia
  • Priohybodus
  • Prionace
  • Pristiophorus
  • Pristis
  • Pristodus
  • Proetmopterus
  • Promexyele
  • Propristis
  • Prospiraxis
  • Protacodus
  • Protoginglymostoma
  • Protolamna
  • Protoplatyrhina
  • Protoscyliorhinus
  • Protospinax
    Protospinax

    Protospinax is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish.ProtospinaxA shark-like relative of modern rays, the 5-foot-long Protospinax cruised lagoons in southern Germany about 150 million years ago....
  • Protosqualus
  • Protoxynotus
  • Psammodus
  • Pseudocorax
  • Pseudodalatias
  • Pseudodontichthys
  • Pseudoechinorhinus
  • Pseudohypolophus
  • Pseudoisurus
  • Pterolamiops
  • Pteroscyllium
  • Ptychodus
    Ptychodus

    Ptychodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Cretaceous.Sources* Fossils by David Ward ...
  • Ptychotrygon
  • Ptyktoptychion
  • Pucabatis
    Pucabatis

    Pucabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....
  • Pucapristis
    Pucapristis

    Pucapristis is a prehistoric genus of saw fish whose fossils first appear in the fossil record in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....


R


  • Raineria
  • Raja
    Raja (genus)

    Raja is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae....
  • Rajorhina
  • Reifia
  • Rhincodon
  • Rhinobatos
    Rhinobatos

    Rhinobatos is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.It contains the following species:* lesser guitarfish * bluntnose guitarfish * blackchin guitarfish ...
  • Rhinoptera
    Rhinoptera

    Rhinoptera is a genus of fish in the Rhinopteridae family.It contains the following species:* brazilian cownose ray * flapnose ray * golden cownose ray ...
  • Rhizoprionodon
    Rhizoprionodon

    Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, in the family Carcharhinidae....
  • Rhombodus
    Rhombodus

    Rhombodus is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage....
  • Rhombopterygia
  • Rhynchobatus
    Rhynchobatus

    Rhynchobatus is a genus of fish in the Rhynchobatidae family.It contains the following species:* White-spotted guitarfish * Giant guitarfish ...
  • Romerodus


S


  • Sarcoprion
    Sarcoprion

    Sarcoprion is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Permian of Greenland....
  • Scapanorhynchus
    Scapanorhynchus

    Scapanorhynchus is an extinct genus of shark from the Cretaceous era. Their extreme similarities to the living goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, lead some experts to consider reclassifying it as Scapanorhynchus owstoni....
  • Schizorhiza
    Schizorhiza

    Schizorhiza is a prehistoric genus of cartilaginous fish, containing a single accepted species Schizorhiza stromeri. Its fossils are found in rocks dating from the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages; it thus lived between about 71 and 65.5 million years ago....
  • Sclerorhynchus
    Sclerorhynchus

    Sclerorhynchus is an extinct genus of primitive batoidean that lived in the Cretaceous. The namesake of the Mesozoic suborder Sclerorhynchoidea, it is not quite clear whether they were closer to the Rajiformes or to the Pristiformes ....
  • Scyliorhinus
    Scyliorhinus

    Scylorhinus is a genus of catsharks in the Family Scyliorhinidae....
  • Scymnodon
    Scymnodon

    Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae....
  • Scymnorhinus
  • Serratodus
  • Siamodus
  • Sibyrhynchus
  • Siksika ottae
    Siksika ottae

    Siksika ottae is an extinct prehistoric cartilaginous fish, lived around 420 million years ago, during Upper Mississippian. It has been discovered at the well known Bear Gulch Formation , dated at Carboniferous period.It is known mostly on the base of fossil teeth, but also partially neurocranium and mandibles which hint a close relat...
  • Similihariotta
  • Solenodus
  • Somniosus
    Somniosus

    Somniosus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Dalatiidae....
  • Spathobatis
  • Sphenacanthus
    Sphenacanthus

    Sphenacanthus is an extinct genus of shark which lived in the Early Carboniferous of Scotland....
  • Sphenodus
  • Sphyrna
  • Squalicorax
    Squalicorax

    Squalicorax is a genus of extinct Lamniformes shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. A fully articulated 1.9 m long fossil skeleton of Squalicorax has been found in Kansas, evidence of its presence in the Western Interior Seaway....
  • Squaliolus
    Squaliolus

    Squaliolus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Dalatiidae....
  • Squalogaleus
  • Squaloraja
  • Squalus
  • Squatigaleus
  • Squatina
  • Squatinactis
  • Squatirhina
  • Squatiscyllium
  • Steinbachodus
  • Stethacanthus
    Stethacanthus

    Stethacanthus is an extinct genus of shark which lived in the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous epochs, around 360 million years ago. The creature was almost one metre long....
  • Striatolamia
    Striatolamia

    Striatolamia is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Paleocene.Sources* Fossils by David Ward ...
  • Styracodus
  • Symmorium
    Symmorium

    Symmorium is an extinct genus of stethacanthid shark....
  • Synechodus
  • Synodontaspis
  • Syntomodus


T


  • Tamiobatis
  • Tanaodus
  • Thrinax
    Thrinax

    Thrinax is a genus in the Arecaceae, native to the wider Caribbean. It is closely related to the genera Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax and Zombia....
  • Torpedo
    Torpedo

    Note: Prior to 1900, in naval usage "torpedo" could also refer to what today is called a naval mine. For that usage, see naval mine.The modern torpedo is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity t...
  • Toxoprion
  • Triakis
    Triakis

    Triakis is a genus of houndshark in the family Triakidae.The name comes from the Greek, triakis = three times....
  • Trichorhipis
  • Tristychius
    Tristychius

    Tristychius is an extinct genus of shark from the Carboniferous era.It was a small shark with a well-developed caudal fin that was aimed upwards, similar to that of many modern sharks....


U


  • Urolophus
    Urolophus

    Urolophus is a genus of fish in the Urolophidae family.It contains the following species:* New Ireland stingaree * sepia stingray * great stingaree ...


V


  • Vallisia


W


  • Welcommia
  • Weltonia
  • Wodnika
    Wodnika

    Wodnika is an extinct genus of shark which lived in the Late Permian period in the present area of Germany and Russia....


X


  • Xiphodolamia
  • Xystrodus


Y


  • Youssoubatis

See also

  • Cartilaginous fish
  • List of sharks
    List of sharks

    Shark classificationSharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include batoidea and skate s; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras....
  • List of prehistoric jawless fish
    List of prehistoric jawless fish

    This list of prehistoric jawless fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be jawless fish, excluding purely vernacular terms....
  • List of prehistoric bony fish
    List of prehistoric bony fish

    This List of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish , excluding purely vernacular terms....
  • List of acanthodians
    List of acanthodians

    This list of acanthodians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus that have ever been included in the subclass Acanthodii, excluding purely vernacular terms....


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