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Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae

Taxonomy
Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus was named by Guinot et al. (2012). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier MAO2-2, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mont-Août, upper horizon (MAO2), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France. It is the type species of Cretaplatyrhinoidis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus Guinot et al. p. 450 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyPlatyrhinidae
genusCretaplatyrhinoidis
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.

†Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus Guinot et al. 2012
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213377)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213378 213379 213382 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (157587)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (type locality: 157588 213562)