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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis was named by Romer (1942). Its type specimen is MCZ 7197, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Godwin Creek, Archer County, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. mcnultyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer p. 221 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-8
1975Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Cappetta and Case p. 35
1987Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Cappetta p. 172
1988Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Case and Schwimmer p. 295
2002Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Antunes and Cappetta p. 132 figs. Pl 12, fig 4
2017Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Schubert et al. p. 20 figs. 8.5-8.13
2019Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Case et al. p. 78 fig. 3G

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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
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusBrachyrhizodus
specieswichitaensis

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.

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis, Protamia sp. (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Angola Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (275709)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (14455 32181 221052)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (27570)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (128412)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (240801)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (126600 126810)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (type locality: 132656)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (14504 46617 57916)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748)