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Platyrhinidae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Platyrhinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Platyrhinidae Jordan
1963Platyrhinidae Jordan p. 603
1987Platyrhinidae Cappetta p. 139
2006Platyrhinidae Underwood p. 234
2012Platyrhinidae Guinot et al. p. 448
2013Platyrhinidae Claeson et al. p. 1023
2014Plathyrhinidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Platyrhinidae Nelson et al. p. 87
2019Platyrhinidae van der Laan p. 45

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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
suborderPlatyrhinoidei
familyPlatyrhinidaeJordan 1923
familyPlatyrhinidaeJordan 1923

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.

Fm. Platyrhinidae Jordan 1923
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G. †Analithis Gistel 1848
G. †Britobatos Claeson et al. 2013
G. †Cretaplatyrhinoidis Guinot et al. 2012
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†Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus Guinot et al. 2012
G. †Discobatus Garman 1880
G. †Eoplatyrhina Marramà et al. 2020
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†Eoplatyrhina bolcensis Agassiz 1835
G. Platyrhina Müller and Henle 1838
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†Platyrhina bolcensis Heckel 1851
†Platyrhina dockeryi Case 1994
†Platyrhina sinensis Lacépède 1803
Platyrhina triseriata Jordan and Gilbert 1880 [thornback guitarfish]
†Platyrhina ypresiensis Casier 1946
G. †Platyrhinoidis Garman 1880
G. †Pseudoplatyrhina Guinot et al. 2012
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†Pseudoplatyrhina crispa Guinot et al. 2012
G. †Tethybatis de Carvalho 2004
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†Tethybatis selachoides de Carvalho 2004
G. †Tingitanius Claeson et al. 2013
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†Tingitanius tenuimandibulus Claeson et al. 2013
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco Tingitanius tenuimandibulus (150881)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) Platyrhinidae indet. (213564)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) Pseudoplatyrhina crispa (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213377)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus, Pseudoplatyrhina sp. (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213379 213382) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus, Pseudoplatyrhina crispa (213378 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213559 213560)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (157588 213562)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Italy (Puglia) Tethybatis selachoides (91385)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Platyrhinidae indet. (189952)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Platyrhina dockeryi (62890)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Vicenze) Eoplatyrhina bolcensis (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Hypolophodon dockeryi (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Platyrhina bolcensis (55239 94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Verona) Platyrhina sp., Platyrhina bolcensis (219837)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Egypt Platyrhina sp., Platyrhinoidis sp. (137540)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Platyrhinidae indet. (140018)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Platyrhina sp. (137550) Platyrhina sp., Platyrhinoidis sp. (137560 137561 137568) Platyrhinoidis sp. (137564)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Platyrhinoidis triseriata (190889)