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Taeniurops tosii

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Taeniurops tosii was named by Adnet and Charpentier (2022). Its type specimen is SHA-34-28, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharbithat Bay, which is in an Aquitanian marine limestone in the Shuwayr Formation of Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Taeniurops tosii Adnet and Charpentier p. 6 figs. Fig. 4A-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusTaeniuropsGarman 1913
speciestosii

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.

†Taeniurops tosii Adnet and Charpentier 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Adnet and V. Charpentier 2022Teeth of medium size (up to 5mm width); crown cuspidated in anterior teeth of male and ovoid in female and lateral teeth of male. The crown has a distinctly hollowed labial face forming an oral depression bordered by a sinuous crest labially and by a regular transverse crest lingually. Enameloid of crown mainly smooth, except around labial crest. Lingual face trapezoid shaped, whereas its lingual visor being straight to undulating with median concavity. Root is quite wide and lingually extended in anterior rows with two lobes principally rounded and separated by a large nutritive groove in all tooth rows.
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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Oman Taeniurops tosii (type locality: 224898)