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Spathobatis mutterlosei

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Spathobatis mutterlosei was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7157, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uppen, Böschung der BAB, km. 183, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine marl in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Spathobatis mutterlosei Thies p. 48 figs. pl. 13, figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusSpathobatisThiollière 1849
speciesmutterlosei

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.

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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: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Spathobatis mutterlosei (type locality: 137193)