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Turoniabatis ornatus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Germanobatos ornatus was named by Müller and Diedrich (1991). Its type specimen is Nr. 12 504 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.

It was recombined as Turoniabatis ornatus by Guinot et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Germanobatos ornatus Müller and Diedrich p. 49 figs. Taf. 20 Fig. 1-5
2012Turoniabatis ornatus Guinot et al. p. 463 figs. 7I-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
genusTuroniabatisLandemaine 1991
speciesornatus()

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.

Turoniabatis ornatus Müller and Diedrich 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Müller and C. Diedrich 1991Eine auf Kieferzähnen begründete Art mit folgenden Merkmalen
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Coniacian or 99.60000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Germanobatos ornatus (type locality: 210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turoniabatis ornatus (213567)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Turoniabatis ornatus (213569 213570)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turoniabatis ornatus (213383)