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Dipturus casieri

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Taxonomy
Raja casieri was named by Steurbaut and Herman (1978). Its type specimen is IRSNB P.2645, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Terhagen, level 47, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Dipturus casieri by Reinecke (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Raja casieri Steurbaut and Herman p. 305 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1987Raja casieri Cappetta p. 143
1995Raja casieri Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler p. 265 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
2015Dipturus casieri Reinecke p. 5 figs. 3B, 4, 5A-E, 6A

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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
genusDipturusRafinesque 1810
speciescasieri()

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.

†Dipturus casieri Steurbaut and Herman 1978
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Raja casieri (277427 277428 277429 277430 277438 277445 277448 277463 277476 277478 type locality: 277485 277488 277489)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Raja casieri (46096)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Dipturus casieri (80366) Raja casieri (32012)