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Urotrygonidae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urotrygonidae

Taxonomy
Urotrygonidae was named by McEachran et al. (1996). Its type is Urotrygon.

It was assigned to Myliobatoidei by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019); and to Myliobatiformes by Adnet et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Urotrygon (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Urotrygonidae McEachran et al.
2016Urotrygonidae Nelson et al. p. 92
2019Urotrygonidae van der Laan p. 45
2020Urotrygonidae Adnet et al. p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyUrotrygonidaeMcEachran et al. 1996
familyUrotrygonidaeMcEachran et al. 1996

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.

Fm. †Urotrygonidae McEachran et al. 1996
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G. Urotrygon Gill 1863
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available