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Rhinoptera prisca

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae

Taxonomy
Rhinoptera prisca was named by Woodward (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is - Nautiloidea, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Brazil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. bonasus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Rhinoptera prisca Woodward p. 195 figs. Pl. 7:6–7
1987Rhinoptera prisca Cappetta p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyRhinopteridaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusRhinopteraCuvier 1829
speciesprisca

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rhinoptera prisca Woodward 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Rhinoptera prisca (type locality: 167994)