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Texabatis corrugata

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Texabatis corrugata was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 12175, 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. It is the type species of Texabatis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Texabatis corrugata Case and Cappetta p. 153 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Batomorphi()
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
genusTexabatis
speciescorrugata

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.

†Texabatis corrugata 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 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Texabatis corrugata (type locality: 61738)