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Sympterygia

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Arhynchobatidae

Taxonomy
Sympterygia was named by Müller and Henle (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rajidae by Jaekel (1894), Jordan (1963); and to Arhynchobatidae by van der Laan (2019), Villafaña et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sympterygia Müller and Henle
1894Sympterygia Jaekel p. 63
1963Sympterygia Jordan p. 603
2019Sympterygia van der Laan p. 45
2025Sympterygia Villafaña et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
familyArhynchobatidaeFowler 1934
genusSympterygiaMüller and Henle 1837

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.

G. Sympterygia Müller and Henle 1837
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 27.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. sp. (80366)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile S. sp. (275717)