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Gymnuridae
Taxonomy
Gymnuridae was named by Fowler (1934). It is extant. Its type is Gymnura.
It was assigned to Myliobatoidea by Kumar and Loyal (1987); to Dasyatoidea by Cappetta (1984), Cappetta (1987); to Rajiformes by Underwood (2006); to Myliobatiformes by Tabuce et al. (2005), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013); and to Myliobatoidei by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Myliobatoidea by Kumar and Loyal (1987); to Dasyatoidea by Cappetta (1984), Cappetta (1987); to Rajiformes by Underwood (2006); to Myliobatiformes by Tabuce et al. (2005), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Underwood and Schlogl (2013); and to Myliobatoidei by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Gymnura (syn. Pteroplatea, Aetoplatea) (type genus), Jacquhermania, Ouledia, Pachygymnura, Subathunura, Urogymninae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Gymnuridae Fowler |
| 1984 | Gymnuridae Cappetta |
| 1987 | Gymnuridae Cappetta p. 165 |
| 1987 | Gymnuridae Kumar and Loyal p. 68 |
| 2005 | Gymnuridae Tabuce et al. p. 387 |
| 2006 | Gymnuridae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2009 | Gymnuridae Cicimurri and Knight p. 637 |
| 2013 | Gymnuridae Underwood and Schlogl p. 501 |
| 2016 | Gymnuridae Nelson et al. p. 92 |
| 2019 | Gymnuridae Ebersole et al. p. 120 |
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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], Pteroplatea Muller and Henle 1837 [synonym]
G. †Jacquhermania Cappetta 1982
G. †Pachygymnura Adnet et al. 2020
Subfm. †Urogymninae Last 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the MN 13 or 100.50000 to 5.09000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (49 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Gymnura laterialata (214508) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Morocco | Gymnuridae indet. (214373) | |
| Danian | Morocco | Gymnuridae indet. (116900 214370) | |
| Selandian | Morocco | Gymnura delpiti (133217) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Morocco | Gymnuridae indet., Gymnura delpiti (214839 214848) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | Gymnura delpiti (214833) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | India | Gymnura sp., Subathunura casieri (91316) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | Ouledia sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian | India | Subathunura casieri (91315) | |
| Ypresian | India (Uttarakhand) | Subathunura casieri (91312) | |
| Ypresian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Subathunura casieri (31267) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | Ouledia sigei (214849 214850 214851) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Jacqhermania duponti (3258) | |
| Lutetian | Morocco | Gymnuridae indet., Ouledia sp. (91339) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | Ouledia sp. (209380) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Gymnura sp. (13346) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | Gymnura sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Gymnura latidens (41992) Gymnura sp. (41989 41996) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp., Himantura sp. (137540) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | Gymnura sp. (140018) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | Ouledia lacuna, Himantura souarfortuna (173640) | |
| Priabonian | Jordan | Gymnura sp. (32899) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Gymnura sp. (137551) Gymnura sp., Himantura sp. (137568) Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp. (137550 137569) Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp., Himantura sp. (137564) Jacquhermania attiai, Ouledia sp. (145984) Ouledia sp. (137579 137582) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp., Himantura sp. (96686) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Himantura sp. (78520) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | Himantura sp. (150337) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Gymnura sp. (97550) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | Gymnura sp. (161899) | |
| Barstovian | USA (California) | Pteroplatea lapislutosa (85313) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Gymnura sp. (161934) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Gymnura sp. (52183) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | Gymnura sp. (161384) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Gymnura sp. (91423) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | Gymnura sp. (65955) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal | Gymnura sp. (65954) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Himantura sp. (204946) |