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Palaeodasyatis hermani

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Palaeodasyatis hermani was named by Halter (1989). Its type specimen is IRSNB P 5056, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vroenhoen, which is in a Danian carbonate chalk in the Houthem Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Palaeodasyatis hermani Halter p. 183

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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
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusPalaeodasyatis
specieshermani

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.

†Palaeodasyatis hermani Halter 1989
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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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Palaeodasyatis hermani (type locality: 91360)