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Heterotorpedo fowleri

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Heterotorpedo fowleri was named by Ward (1983). Its type specimen is NHMUK P.61157, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Wittering foreshore (bed E11), which is in a Lutetian marginal marine claystone in the Marsh Farm Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Heterotorpedo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Heterotorpedo fowleri Ward p. 107 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; pl 2, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusHeterotorpedo
speciesfowleri

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.

Heterotorpedo fowleri Ward 1983
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Heterotorpedo fowleri (186974)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Heterotorpedo fowleri (277579 277580)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Heterotorpedo fowleri (15595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Heterotorpedo fowleri (277581 277582 type locality: 277583)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Dasyatis duponti (276546)