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Coupatezia

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Coupatezia Cappetta
1987Coupatezia Cappetta p. 167
1997Coupatezia Noubhani and Cappetta p. 107
1999Coupatezia Cappetta and Corral p. 364
2002Coupatezia Sepkoski
2005Coupatezia Tabuce et al. p. 387
2007Coupatezia Kriwet et al.
2015Coupatezia Case et al. p. 1132
2016Coupatezia Corral et al. p. 655
2019Coupatezia Ebersole et al. p. 117
2020Coupatezia Adnet et al. p. 38
2021Coupatezia Rana et al. p. 13
2022Coupatezia Feichtinger et al. p. 20
2023Coupatezia Guinot et al. pp. 19-22 figs. 11-12A-C
2025Coupatezia Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusCoupateziaCappetta 1982

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. †Coupatezia Cappetta 1982
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†Coupatezia ambroggii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia attiai Cook 2010
†Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia chariri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia cristata Adnet et al. 2020
†Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia elevata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952
†Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia melittiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia reniformis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia trempina Kriwet et al. 2007
†Coupatezia turneri Case and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Priabonian or 72.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria C. sp. (117853 117854 117857)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (275565) C. sp. 3 (275566)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp., C. trempina (76212)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco C. ambroggii (116901 214826) C. sp., C. ambroggii (116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco C. elevata (213665 213666 214374 214375 214835 214837) C. elevata, C. fallax (99627 214831) C. elevata, C. reniformis (214368) C. elevata, C. reniformis, C. fallax (214838)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) C. sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria C. sp. (228232)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) C. elevata, C. reniformis, C. fallax (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) C. fallax (176782 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. turneri (61738)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) C. sp. (58100)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco C. laevis, C. fallax (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco C. chariri, C. danica, C. laevis, C. melittiana (91362) C. danica, C. laevis (116900 214369) C. danica, C. laevis, C. fallax (214834) C. laevis (214370 214372)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco C. larivei (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco C. larivei (214848)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) C. sp. (166598)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) C. woutersi (62872)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France C. larivei (277713) C. sp. (276442)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo C. sp. (61561)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco C. larivei (214833)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) C. woutersi (186974)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) C. woutersi (62890)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) C. sp. (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal C. sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) C. woutersi (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) C. sp. (277682)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Kyrgyzstan (Osh) C. woutersi (28490)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark C. miretrainensis (277915)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco C. boujoi (116904 158991 214840 214841 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (203258)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) C. sp. (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. woutersi (3256 3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo C. sp. (32991)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco C. sp. (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal C. sp. (133429 209380)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Netherlands C. sp. (276459)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) C. woutersi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France C. sp. A, C. sp. C, C. miretrainensis (61215) C. sp. B (277212) C. sp. B, C. woutersi (277214 277215 277216) C. spp. (74858)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium C. woutersi (77613 242331)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) C. sp. (13346) C. woutersi (276540)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) C. woutersi (278018 278019)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) C. sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan C. woutersi (62573)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France C. miretrainensis (277204 277209 277210) C. sp. B, C. miretrainensis (161753 277206)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Rajasthan) C. sp. (277019)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Pachygymnura attiai, C. cristata (173640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt C. sp. (137550 137551 137554 137560 137561 137564 137579 137581 137582 145984)