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Raja sudhakari

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja sudhakari was named by Prasad and Cappetta (1993). Its type specimen is VPL/JU 101 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Asifabad A (Ada), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/sandstone in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. farishi, R. terhagensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Raja sudhakari Prasad and Cappetta p. 234 figs. Pl. 1:1–7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
familyRajidaeBlainville 1816
genusRaja
speciessudhakari

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 sudhakari Prasad and Cappetta 1993
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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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Raja sp. (type locality: 58100)