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Erguitaia arganiae

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Rhynchobatus arganiae was named by Arambourg (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Erguitaia.

It was recombined as Erguitaia arganiae by Cappetta (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Rhynchobatus arganiae Arambourg p. 184 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-10; text-fig 43
1989Erguitaia arganiae Cappetta p. 18 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6; text-figs 5,6

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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
genusErguitaia
speciesarganiae(Arambourg 1952)

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.

†Erguitaia arganiae Arambourg 1952
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Erguitaia arganiae (214826)