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Raja mccollumi

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja mccollumi was named by Cicimurri and Knight (2009). Its type specimen is BCGM 9093, a tooth (male anterior tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Summerville, which is in a Chattian shoreface claystone in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Raja mccollumi Cicimurri and Knight p. 636 figs. Fig 7C, D, F-H
2022Raja mccollumi Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
familyRajidaeBlainville 1816
genusRaja
speciesmccollumi

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.

Raja mccollumi Cicimurri and Knight 2009
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Raja mccollumi (60444 224900)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Raja mccollumi (type locality: 97550)