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Ostarriraja parva

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Ostarriraja parva was named by Marrama et al. (2018). Its type specimen is NHMW 2005z0283/0097, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pit west of Rainbach im Innkreis, which is in a Burdigalian marine claystone in Austria. It is the type species of Ostarriraja.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Ostarriraja parva Marrama et al. p. 6 figs. 2, 3, 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
genusOstarriraja
speciesparva

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.

†Ostarriraja parva Marrama et al. 2018
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Ostarriraja parva (type locality: 197325)