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Cyclobatis oligodactylus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Cyclobatidae

Taxonomy
Cyclobatis oligodactylus was named by Egerton (1844). Its type specimen is BMNH P.601, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (Egerton collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton p. 444 figs. Pl 5
1850Cyclobatis oligodactylus Pictet p. 55 figs. Pl 10, fig 4
1866Cyclobatis oligodactylus Pictet and Humbert p. 114
1887Cyclobatis oligodactylus Davis p. 491
1889Cyclobatis oligodactylus Woodward p. 155
1980Cyclobatis oligodactylus Cappetta p. 208
1987Cyclobatis oligodactylus Cappetta p. 146
2003Cyclobatis oligodactylus Forey et al. p. 227

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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
familyCyclobatidae
genusCyclobatis
speciesoligodactylus

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.

Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton 1844
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Cyclobatis oligodactylus (69118 213132 type locality: 221192)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Cyclobatis oligodactylus (124426)