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Eorhinoptera grabdai

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae

Taxonomy
Eorhinoptera grabdai was named by Case et al. (2011). Its type specimen is UALVP 52360, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jamestown Limestone Quarry, Pit III, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Fishburne Formation of South Carolina. It is the type species of Eorhinoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Eorhinoptera grabdai Case et al. p. 140 figs. Figures 2 and 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyRhinopteridaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusEorhinoptera
speciesgrabdai

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.

Eorhinoptera grabdai Case et al. 2011
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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 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Eorhinoptera grabdai (type locality: 203258)