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Coupatezia boujoi

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Coupatezia boujoi was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mera el Arech, sillon B, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta p. 108 figs. Pl 61, figs 1-7; pl 62, figs 1,2
2007Coupatezia boujoi Kriwet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusCoupateziaCappetta 1982
speciesboujoi

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.

†Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Coupatezia boujoi (116904 158991 214840 214841 214846 214847 214849 214850 type locality: 214851)