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Pucabatis hoffstetteri

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae

Taxonomy
Pucabatis hoffstetteri 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. It is the type species of Pucabatis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pucabatis hoffstetteri Cappetta p. 18 figs. 7, 8
1987Pucabatis hoffstetteri Cappetta p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyRhombodontidae
genusPucabatis
specieshoffstetteri

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.

Pucabatis hoffstetteri 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Pucabatis hoffstetteri (51672)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Pucabatis hoffstetteri (12855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia Pucabatis hoffstetteri (type locality: 229879) Rhombodus sp. (229877)