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Prosopodon assafai

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Prosopodon assafai was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Youssoufia, recette 4, explotation souterraine (YOF), which is in a Danian carbonate phosphorite in Morocco. It is the type species of Prosopodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Prosopodon assafai Noubhani and Cappetta p. 163 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusProsopodon
speciesassafai

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.

†Prosopodon assafai Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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Diagnosis
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