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Potamotrygon rajachloeae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae

Taxonomy
Potamotrygon rajachloeae was named by Chabain et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MUSM 3555, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CTA-43, Quebrada Cachiyacu, Contamana, which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pebas Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Potamotrygon rajachloeae Chabain et al. p. 393 figs. 3A-O

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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
familyPotamotrygonidaeGarman 1877
subfamilyPotamotrygoninaeGarman 1877
genusPotamotrygonGarman 1877
speciesrajachloeae

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.

Potamotrygon rajachloeae Chabain et al. 2017
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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 27.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Potamotrygon rajachloeae (176147)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) Potamotrygon rajachloeae (224007)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Potamotrygon sp. (type locality: 176133 176162) Potamotrygonidae indet. (176156)