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Dasyatis northdakotaensis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatis northdakotaensis was named by Hoganson et al. (2019). Its type specimen is ND 94-38.20, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NDGS L35, Bowman County, which is in a Maastrichtian shoreface sandstone in the Fox Hills Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Dasyatis northdakotaensis Hoganson et al. p. 40 figs. 9.34-9.36, 10.1-10.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciesnorthdakotaensis

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.

†Dasyatis northdakotaensis Hoganson et al. 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 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Dasyatis northdakotaensis (type locality: 213580)