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Raja farishi

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja farishi was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 12177, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Raja farishi Case and Cappetta p. 147 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-4; text-fig 7
2006Raja farishi Becker et al. p. 709 fig. 4.25.4.29
2017Raja farishi Case et al. p. 72 fig. 4B

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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
speciesfarishi

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 farishi Case and Cappetta 1997
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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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Raja farishi (type locality: 61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Raja farishi (241417)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Raja farishi (242204)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Raja farishi (83331)