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Myliobatoidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 89 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Myliobatiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Myliobatiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Kriwet, R. Soler-Gijón, and N. López-Martínez. 2007. Neoselachians from the upper Campanian and lower Maatrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the southern Pyrenees, northern Spain. Palaeontology 50(5):1051-1071 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Rhombodontidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 50 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1968 | Myliobatoidea Jonet p. 247 |
1981 | Myliobatoidea Thurmond and Jones p. 72 |
1987 | Myliobatoidea Cappetta p. 170 |
1987 | Myliobatoidea Kumar and Loyal p. 67 |
2005 | Myliobatoidea Kriwet |
2007 | Myliobatoidea Kriwet et al. |
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!