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Raja olisiponensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja olisiponensis was named by Jonet (1968). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Caparica, which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in Portugal.

It was recombined as Narcine olisiponensis by Jonet (1968); it was recombined as Dipturus olisiponensis by Cappetta and Cavallo (2006); it was recombined as Rostroraja olisiponensis by Andrianavalona et al. (2015), Landau et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Narcine olisiponensis Jonet p. 244 figs. Pl. I, Figs 7a-c, 10, 11
1968Raja olisiponensis Jonet p. 244 figs. Pl. I, Figs 7a-c, 10, 11
1987Raja olisiponensis Cappetta p. 144
2006Dipturus olisiponensis Cappetta and Cavallo p. 54 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
2007Raja olisiponensis Antunes and Balbino p. 114 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-4
2014Raja olisiponensis García et al. p. 261 figs. 3.5-8
2015Rostroraja olisiponensis Andrianavalona et al. p. 12 fig. 5A
2025Rostroraja olisiponensis Landau et al. p. 34

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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
familyRajidaeBlainville 1816
genusRaja
speciesolisiponensisJonet 1968

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.

Raja olisiponensis Jonet 1968
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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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Zanclean or 13.82000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Portugal Raja olisiponensis (277554 277556)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Dipturus olisiponensis (161993)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Huelva) Raja olisiponensis (276727)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal (Alvalade) Raja olisiponensis (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Alicante) Dipturus olisiponensis (118104)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) Raja olisiponensis (151888 151891)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Dipturus olisiponensis (276542)