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Glaucopristis

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes

Taxonomy
Glaucopristis was named by Reinecke et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Rhinopristiformes by De Schutter and Steurbaut (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Glaucopristis Reinecke and et al
2025Glaucopristis De Schutter and Steurbaut p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRhinopristiformesLast et al. 2016
genusGlaucopristisReinecke et al. 2024

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.

G. †Glaucopristis Reinecke 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Priabonian or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (186974)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (15595)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (276601 276602)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Netherlands Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (276506)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (204217)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (3256 3257 3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (276553 277214 277215)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium G. bruxelliensis (109912)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (41888 41989 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (81224)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (65135)