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Marckgrafia libyca

Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Marckgrafia libyca was named by Weiler (1935). Its type specimen is BSP 1912 VIII 135, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 500 m west of Gebel Maghrafe, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Marckgrafia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Marckgrafia libyca Weiler p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-16,47-49; pl 2, figs 10-12
1987Marckgrafia libyca Cappetta p. 152
1989Marckgrafia libyca Werner p. 62 figs. Pl 31, figs 1-7; pl 32, figs 1-4; pl 33, figs 1-5; text-figs 24,25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderSclerorhynchiformesKriwet 2004
familySclerorhynchidae
genusMarckgrafia
specieslibyca

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.

†Marckgrafia libyca Weiler 1935
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Marckgrafia libyca (25325)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Marckgrafia libyca (214404 type locality: 214406 214493 214508) Onchopristis numidus (214432)