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Tamiobatis

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Tamiobatis was named by Eastman (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 451]. It is not extant. Its type is Tamiobatis vetustus. It is the type genus of Tamiobatidae.

It was assigned to Tamiobatidae by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963), Williams (1998); to Symmoriida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ctenacanthidae by Duffin and Ginter (2006), Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Tamiobatis Eastman
1902Tamiobatis Hay p. 315
1963Tamiobatis Jordan p. 594
1998Tamiobatis Williams p. 251
2002Tamiobatis Sepkoski
2006Tamiobatis Duffin and Ginter p. 254
2010Tamiobatis Ginter et al. p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
superorderCtenacanthimorpha
orderCtenacanthiformes()
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusTamiobatisEastman 1897

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.

G. †Tamiobatis Eastman 1897
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Tamiobatis springeri St. John and Worthen 1875
Tamiobatis succinctus St. John and Worthen 1875
Tamiobatis vetustus Eastman 1897
Tamiobatis wachsmuthi St. John and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 387.95000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) T. sp. (238762)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) T. vetustus (90624)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Cladodus springeri (6730)