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Tanoutia iminensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Tanoutia iminensis was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Imin Tanout, level P2 (IMM), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco. It is the type species of Tanoutia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Tanoutia iminensis Noubhani and Cappetta p. 159 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7; pl 2, figs 1,2

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

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.

†Tanoutia iminensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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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, Carroll 1988, 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 - 66.0Morocco Tanoutia iminensis (type locality: 214368)