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Raja marandati

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja marandati was named by Adnet (2006). Its type specimen is ANG160, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. agassizi, R. biloculata, R. terhagensis, R. sloani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Raja marandati Adnet p. 98 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-7; pl 35, fig 1
2007Raja marandati Cahuzac et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
familyRajidaeBlainville 1816
genusRaja
speciesmarandati

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.

†Raja marandati Adnet 2006
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Raja marandati (type locality: 61215 74858)