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Myledaphus bipartitus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Myledaphus bipartitus was named by Cope (1876). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Myledaphus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Myledaphus bipartitus Cope p. 260
1902Myledaphus bipartitus Hay p. 326
1902Myledaphus bipartitus Lambe p. 28
1964Myledaphus bipartitus Estes p. 15
1978Myledaphus bipartitus Case p. 198
1987Myledaphus bipartitus Cappetta p. 141
1989Myledaphus bipartitus Bryant p. 12
2001Myledaphus bipartitus Peng et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusMyledaphus
speciesbipartitus

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.

†Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Lancian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Myledaphus bipartitus (187420)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Myledaphus bipartitus (167494)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Myledaphus bipartitus (75834)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Myledaphus bipartitus (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (22640 22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 45671 45674 45822 45893 45897 45898 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816 67894 98674 98677 227125)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Myledaphus bipartitus (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Myledaphus bipartitus (36449 36541 36542 52052)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Myledaphus bipartitus (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Myledaphus bipartitus (219712)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Myledaphus bipartitus (59217 69153 69161 69177 69178 69250 69251 69252 69253 69450 177498)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Myledaphus bipartitus (75030 229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (45821 45894 116536)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Myledaphus bipartitus (69800)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Myledaphus bipartitus (167302)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (45757)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Myledaphus bipartitus (90926)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (14502)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Myledaphus bipartitus (14610 14620 14621 53234 137731)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Myledaphus bipartitus (14537 14571 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Myledaphus bipartitus (14505 14514 14519 14522 14527 14538 14541 14542 14543 14544 14557 14564 14565 14570 14577 14578 14579 14596 14598 14601 14609 14625 14641 14642 14643 45844 70340 70343 75287 75296 75429 75431 75442 75447)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Myledaphus bipartitus (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Myledaphus bipartitus (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Myledaphus bipartitus (14508 14513 14533 14536 14546 14548 14560 14580 14613 14639)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Myledaphus bipartitus (45675)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Myledaphus bipartitus (45098 45099 45102 45109 45110 45111 45112 45117 45118 45119 45122 45128 45130 45134 45136 45137 45144 45145 45299)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Myledaphus bipartitus (45389 45390 47034)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Myledaphus bipartitus (14585 57162 57163 57166 57168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Myledaphus bipartitus (13142 14674 183109 189003)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Myledaphus bipartitus (14569)