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Prosopodon assafai

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Prosopodon assafai was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1995). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Youssoufia, recette 4, explotation souterraine (YOF), which is in a Danian carbonate phosphorite in Morocco. It is the type species of Prosopodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Prosopodon assafai Noubhani and Cappetta p. 163 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, 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
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusProsopodon
speciesassafai

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.

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

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco Prosopodon assafai (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Prosopodon assafai (91362 214369 214370 type locality: 214371 214372)