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Gymnuridae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Gymnuridae Fowler
1984Gymnuridae Cappetta
1987Gymnuridae Cappetta p. 165
1987Gymnuridae Kumar and Loyal p. 68
2005Gymnuridae Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006Gymnuridae Underwood p. 234
2009Gymnuridae Cicimurri and Knight p. 637
2013Gymnuridae Underwood and Schlogl p. 501
2016Gymnuridae Nelson et al. p. 92
2019Gymnuridae Ebersole et al. p. 120
2019Gymnuridae van der Laan p. 45
2021Gymnuridae Rana et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyGymnuridaeFowler 1934
familyGymnuridaeFowler 1934

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.

Fm. Gymnuridae Fowler 1934
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G. Gymnura Van Hasselt 1823
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Gymnura altavela Linnaeus 1758
†Gymnura delpiti Cappetta 1984
†Gymnura grootaerti Herman 1984
†Gymnura hovestadti Herman 1984
†Gymnura laterialata Werner 1989
†Gymnura micura Bloch and Schneider 1801
Invalid names: Aetoplatea Vallencienes 1841 [synonym], Gymnura transita Aver'yanov and Udovichenko 1993 [nomen nudum], Pteroplatea Muller and Henle 1837 [synonym]
G. †Jacquhermania Cappetta 1982
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†Jacquhermania duponti Winkler 1874
G. †Ouledia Cappetta 1986
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†Ouledia lacuna Adnet et al. 2020
†Ouledia sigei Cappetta 1986
G. †Pachygymnura Adnet et al. 2020
G. †Subathunura Kumar and Loyal 1987
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†Subathunura casieri Kumar and Loyal 1987
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Zanclean or 100.50000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Gymnura laterialata (214508)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco Gymnuridae indet. (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Gymnuridae indet. (116900 214370)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Gymnura delpiti (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Gymnuridae indet., Gymnura delpiti (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Jacquhermania duponti (186974)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco Gymnura delpiti (214833)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger Dasyatis duponti (229530)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07India Gymnura sp., Subathunura casieri (91316)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Ouledia sp., Jacquhermania duponti (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Gymnura sp. (277682)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Jacquhermania duponti (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Jacquhermania duponti (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal Ouledia sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Himachal Pradesh) Subathunura casieri (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Gymnura transita (28490)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Ouledia sigei (214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India Subathunura casieri (91315)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Uttarakhand) Subathunura casieri (91312)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Raja duponti (8050 13299)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Jacquhermania duponti (81179)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Netherlands Gymnura grootaerti (276494 276498)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Jacqhermania duponti (3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Gymnura sp. 1 (277214 277215 277216) Gymnura spp. (74858) Jacquhermania sp. (277212)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Ouledia sp. (209380)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Jacquhermania duponti (242331)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Jacquhermania duponti (13346) Jacquhermania duponti, Gymnura sp. (276540)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Brussels) Raja duponti (167775)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Dasyatis duponti (41888) Gymnura latidens (41992) Gymnura sp. (41989 41996)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco Gymnuridae indet., Ouledia sp. (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo Gymnura sp. (32991)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Egypt Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp. (137540)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) Jacquhermania duponti (278018 278019)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Gymnura sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar Ouledia sp. (78056)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar (Magway Division) Ouledia sp. (83522)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Gymnura sp. 2 (161753 277209 277210)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Jacquhermania duponti (81266 209520)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Ouledia lacuna (173640)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Rajasthan) Ouledia lacuna (277019)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Jordan Gymnura sp. (32899)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Western Sahara Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp. (96686)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Gymnura sp. (32925)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Gymnura sp. (137551 137568) Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp. (137550 137560 137561 137564 137569) Jacquhermania attiai, Ouledia sp. (145984) Ouledia sp. (137579 137581 137582)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Gymnura sp., Gymnura altavela (80366)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Gymnura sp. (97550)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Gymnura sp. (161899)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Pteroplatea sp. (276527)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Pteroplatea lapislutosa (85313)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Gymnura sp. (161934)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Gymnura sp. (52183)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Gymnura sp. (161384)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal (Alvalade) Gymnura sp. (65955)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Gymnura sp. (65954 91423)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Gymnura sp. (276542)