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Spathobatis halteri

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatos halteri was named by Biddle and Landemaine (1989). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LAS, La Soulaine, bone-bed 2, which is in a Barremian marine claystone in France.

It was recombined as Spathobatis halteri by Biddle (1993), Kriwet (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Rhinobatos halteri Biddle and Landemaine p. 13 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a-c
1993Spathobatis halteri Biddle p. 215 figs. Pl 6, fig 8
1996Rhinobatos halteri Canudo et al.
1999Spathobatis halteri Kriwet p. 123 figs. Pl 2, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRhinopristiformesLast et al. 2016
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusSpathobatisThiollière 1849
specieshalteri(Biddle and Landemaine 1988)

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.

†Spathobatis halteri Biddle and Landemaine 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Middle Albian or 125.77000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Teruel) Spathobatis halteri (91420)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Rhinobatos halteri (28196)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Rhinobatos halteri (240103 276341 type locality: 276342 276343)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Marne) Spathobatis halteri (235560)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) Spathobatis halteri (169108 235564 235567)