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Dasyatis molinoensis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatis molinoensis was named by Cappetta (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torotoro bone bed (Branisa collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta p. 15 fig. 5
1987Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciesmolinoensis

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.

†Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta 1975
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Dasyatis molinoensis (12855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia Dasyatis molinoensis (type locality: 229879)