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Mafdetia tibniensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Mafdetia tibniensis was named by Werner (1989). Its type specimen is TUB-SFB69-Vb-388, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist, Bahariya Oasis, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Mafdetia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Mafdetia tibniensis Werner p. 41 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-5; pl 18, figs 1-6; text-fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRajoidei(Garman 1913)
genusMafdetia
speciestibniensis

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.

Mafdetia tibniensis Werner 1989
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Mafdetia tibniensis (213622 213623 213624 213625 213626)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Mafdetia tibniensis (type locality: 214508)