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Rhombodus levis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhombodus levis was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. microdus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case p. 36 figs. Pl 9, figs 12-20, ?21-23
1987Rhombodus laevis Cappetta p. 175
1988Rhombodus laevis Case and Schwimmer p. 297
2001Rhombodus laevis Case et al. p. 121 figs. Pl 3, figs 50-54
2004Rhombodus levis Becker et al. p. 788 figs. 5M-P
2007Rhombodus levis Kriwet et al.
2017Rhombodus levis Schubert et al. p. 20 figs. 8.1-8.4
2019Rhombodus laevis Case et al. p. 78 fig. 3H
2019Rhombodus levis Hoganson et al. p. 43 figs. 10.5-10.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Batomorphi()
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyRhombodontidae
genusRhombodus
specieslevis

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.

†Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975
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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: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Rhombodus levis (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Rhombodus laevis (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Rhombodus levis (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Rhombodus levis (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Rhombodus levis (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus laevis (14455 221052) Rhombodus levis (32181)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Rhombodus binkhorsti (128412)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Rhombodus levis (240801)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Rhombodus levis (126600 126810)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus levis (14504 57916)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus levis (213744 type locality: 213746 213747 213748)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Rhombodus levis (213587 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Rhombodus levis (122240)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus laevis (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Rhombodus levis (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus levis (26819)