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Tingitanius tenuimandibulus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Platyrhinidae

Taxonomy
Tingitanius tenuimandibulus was named by Claeson et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NHMUK P66857, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Goulmima (BMNH collection), which is in a Turonian offshore shelf lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Tingitanius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Tingitanius tenuimandibulus Claeson et al. p. 1023 figs. Fig. 2-7

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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
suborderPlatyrhinoidei
familyPlatyrhinidaeJordan 1923
genusTingitanius
speciestenuimandibulus

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.

†Tingitanius tenuimandibulus Claeson et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. M. Claeson et al. 2013Platyrhinid batoid of moderate size. Unlike Platyrhina (Mu ̈ ller and Henle 1838) in possessing a more medially placed anterior horn on the nasal capsule and a longer chondrocranium between the nasal capsules and the otic capsules. Unlike Platyrhinoidis (Garman, 1881) in possessing a small, circular posterior dorsal roof foramen, instead of an anteroposteriorly broad and figure-eight-shaped fontanelle, and in possessing slender, laterally wide mandibular arch cartilages. Possesses short, tapered snout; plate-like antorbital cartilage; dorsal groundmass denticles are smooth and arrowhead-shaped; jaws gracile and straight; single anterior fontanelle; first complete vertebral centrum located extremely posterior along the length of the synarcual; and postpelvic processes present.
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco Tingitanius tenuimandibulus (type locality: 150881)