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Antiquaobatis grimmenensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Antiquaobatis grimmenensis was named by Stumpf and Kriwet (2019). Its type specimen is GG 438/57, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grimmen clay pit (GG collection, apyrenum subzone), which is in a Spinatum deltaic sandstone in Germany. It is the type species of Antiquaobatis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Antiquaobatis grimmenensis Stumpf and Kriwet p. 649 figs. 4m-p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
genusAntiquaobatis
speciesgrimmenensis

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.

†Antiquaobatis grimmenensis Stumpf and Kriwet 2019
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Spinatum or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Antiquaobatis grimmenensis (type locality: 206457)