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Platyrhinidae

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Platyrhinidae Jordan p. 603
1987Platyrhinidae Cappetta p. 139
2006Platyrhinidae Underwood p. 234
2012Platyrhinidae Guinot et al. p. 448
2013Platyrhinidae Claeson et al. p. 1023
2014Plathyrhinidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Platyrhinidae Nelson et al. p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyPlatyrhinidae
familyPlatyrhinidae

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.

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G. †Analithis Gistel 1848
G. †Arhynchobatis Waite 1909
G. †Britobatos Claeson et al. 2013
G. †Cretaplatyrhinoidis Guinot et al. 2012
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Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus Guinot et al. 2012
G. †Discobatus Garman 1880
G. †Eoplatyrhina Marramà et al. 2020
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Eoplatyrhina bolcensis Agassiz 1835
G. Platyrhina Müller and Henle 1838
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Platyrhina bolcensis Heckel 1851
Platyrhina dockeryi Case 1994
Platyrhina sinensis Lacépède 1803
Platyrhina ypresiensis Casier 1946
G. †Platyrhinoidis Garman 1880
G. †Pseudoplatyrhina Guinot et al. 2012
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Pseudoplatyrhina crispa Guinot et al. 2012
G. †Tethybatis de Carvalho 2004
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Tethybatis selachoides de Carvalho 2004
G. †Tingitanius Claeson et al. 2013
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Tingitanius tenuimandibulus Claeson et al. 2013
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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Tingitanius tenuimandibulus (150881)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Ardennes) Platyrhinidae indet. (213564)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Aisne) Pseudoplatyrhina crispa (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213377)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus, Pseudoplatyrhina sp. (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213379 213382) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus, Pseudoplatyrhina crispa (213378 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aisne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Ardennes) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (157587)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Marne) Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus (157588 213562)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Italy (Puglia) Tethybatis selachoides (91385)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Platyrhinidae indet. (189952)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Platyrhina bolcensis (55239 94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Hypolophodon dockeryi (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Vicenze) Eoplatyrhina bolcensis (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) Platyrhina sp., Platyrhina bolcensis (219837)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Platyrhina dockeryi (62890)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Platyrhinidae indet. (140018)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Platyrhina sp., Platyrhinoidis sp. (137540)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Platyrhina sp. (137550) Platyrhina sp., Platyrhinoidis sp. (137568) Platyrhinoidis sp. (137564)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Platyrhinoidis triseriata (190889)