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Protoplatyrhina renae

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Protoplatyrhina renae was named by Case (1978). Its type specimen is MTA 22, a tooth, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protoplatyrhina renae Case pp. 193-194 figs. 14-15; Pl. 5:4a-d, 5, 6a-d
1987Protoplatyrhina renae Cappetta p. 142
1987Protoplatyrhina renae Case p. 22 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-6; text-fig 9
1999Protoplatyrhina renae Beavan and Russell p. 500 figs. 3.20-3.23
2001Protoplatyrhina renae Case et al. p. 119 figs. Pl 3, figs 46-49
2001Protoplatyrhina renae Case et al. p. 93 figs. Pl 1, fig 12
2004Protoplatyrhina renae Becker et al. p. 786 figs. 4S-V
2011Protoplatyrhina renae Bourdon et al. p. 40 figs. 24C-H
2017Protoplatyrhina renae Schubert et al. p. 16 figs. 6.19-6.22
2019Protoplatyrhina renae Hoganson et al. p. 34 figs. 9.1, 9.2, 9.9-9.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Batomorphi()
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
genusProtoplatyrhina
speciesrenae

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.

†Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978
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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 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Protoplatyrhina renae (213389)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Protoplatyrhina renae (61769)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Protoplatyrhina renae (52037)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Protoplatyrhina renae (14472)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Protoplatyrhina renae (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Protoplatyrhina renae (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Protoplatyrhina renae (22640)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Protoplatyrhina renae (240801)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Protoplatyrhina renae (69153 69161 177498)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Protoplatyrhina renae (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Protoplatyrhina renae (179290 179291 213580 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Protoplatyrhina renae (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Protoplatyrhina renae (61807)