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Belemnobatis picteti

Chondrichthyes - Belemnobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatos picteti was named by Cappetta (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Barbiers, La Tulière, which is in an Aptian marine marl in France.

It was recombined as Belemnobatis picteti by Underwood and Rees (2002), Underwood (2004), Batchelor and Duffin (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rhinobatos picteti Cappetta p. 124 fig. 9
1987Rhinobatos picteti Cappetta p. 137
1999Rhinobatos picteti Kriwet p. 124 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
2002Belemnobatis picteti Underwood and Rees p. 96
2004Belemnobatis picteti Underwood p. 115 figs. 5.9-5.12
2023Belemnobatis picteti Batchelor and Duffin p. 608 figs. 5A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Batomorphi()
familyBelemnobatidaeSuteethorn et al. 2013
genusBelemnobatisThiollière 1854
speciespicteti()

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.

Belemnobatis picteti Cappetta 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Teruel) Rhinobatos picteti (91420)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Belemnobatis picteti (213576 213577 241457)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France Rhinobatos picteti (214869)