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Myledaphus pustulosus

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Myledaphus pustulosus was named by Cook et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UCMP 197869, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Celeste's Magnificent Microsite, which is in a Lancian crevasse splay sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. araucanus, M. tritus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. p. 238
2019Myledaphus pustulosus Gates et al. p. 522 figs. 8.1-8.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRhinopristiformesLast et al. 2016
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusMyledaphus
speciespustulosus

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.

†Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available