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Merabatis praealba

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Raja praealba was named by Arambourg (1952). It is the type species of Merabatis.

It was recombined as Merabatis praealba by Cappetta (1987), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Raja praealba Arambourg
1987Merabatis praealba Cappetta p. 170
1997Merabatis praealba Noubhani and Cappetta p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusMerabatisCappetta 1983
speciespraealba(Arambourg 1952)

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.

†Merabatis praealba Arambourg 1952
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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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Merabatis praealba (116904 214849 214850 214851)