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Burnhamia

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Burnhamia was named by Cappetta (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Mobulidae by Cappetta (1987), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Case et al. (2015); and to Mobulinae by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Burnhamia Cappetta
1987Burnhamia Cappetta p. 175
1997Burnhamia Noubhani and Cappetta p. 126
2002Burnhamia Sepkoski
2015Burnhamia Case et al. p. 1130
2019Burnhamia Ebersole et al. p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyMyliobatoidea
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMobulinae(Gill 1893)
genusBurnhamiaCappetta 1976

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.

G. †Burnhamia Cappetta 1976
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Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889
Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available