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Aetobatis arcuatus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2008-09-03; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz p. 327
1868Aetobatus arcuatus Cope p. 139
1902Aetobatus arcuatus Hay p. 321
1938Aetobatus arcuatus Leriche p. 8
1943Aetobatis arcuatus Dartevelle and Casier p. 198 figs. Pl 14, figs 35,36
1968Aetobatus arcuatus Jonet p. 254
1973Aetobatus arcuatus Cappetta p. 221
1988Aetobatus arcuatus Nolf p. 164 figs. Pl 54, fig 6
1997Aetobatus arcuatus Mora Morote p. 52 fig. 7,8
1998Aetobatus arcuatus Iturralde-Vinent et al. p. 142
2008Aetobatus arcuatus Laurito and Valerio p. 74 figs. Pl 2, figs 8,9
2009Aetobatus arcuatus Brisswalter p. 46 figs. Pl 8, figs 3,5; text-fig 49
2011Aetobatus arcuatus Vialle et al. p. 253 fig. 4.11
2018Aetobatus arcuatus Kent p. 128
2019Aetobatus arcuatus Everaert et al. p. 91 figs. Pl 4, fig 1

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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
familyAetobatidaeAgassiz 1861
genusAetobatisBlainville 1816
speciesarcuatus

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.

Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843
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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: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tortonian or 59.24000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Angola (Cabinda) Aetobatis arcuatus (275419)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Aetobatis arcuatus (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (55255)
Lutetian - Chattian48.07 - 23.04Congo-Kinshasa Aetobatis arcuatus (275437)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) Aetobatis arcuatus (56682 72300 72301 83992 275441)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (84062)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria (Meiseldorf) Aetobatis arcuatus (65418)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (18518)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Belgium Aetobatis arcuatus (277563)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (65912)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Aetobatis arcuatus (161996)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Aetobatis arcuatus (71798)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) Aetobatis arcuatus (58983)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (55396 57782)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Poland Aetobatis arcuatus (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (56459)