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Pastinachus kebarensis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Pastinachus kebarensis was named by Adnet et al. (2018). Its type specimen is KEB1-080, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KEB-1, Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Pastinachus kebarensis Adnet et al. p. 1217 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
subfamilyHypolophinae(Leriche 1902)
genusPastinachusRüppell 1828
specieskebarensis

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.

†Pastinachus kebarensis Adnet et al. 2018
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Pastinachus kebarensis (type locality: 173640)