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Trygonidae

Chondrichthyes - Trygonidae

Taxonomy
Trygonidae was named by Müller and Henle (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); and to Batoidea by Deraniyagala (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Trygonidae Müller and Henle
1889Trygonidae Woodward p. 155
1942Trygonidae Leriche p. 13
1969Trygonidae Deraniyagala p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
familyTrygonidaeMüller and Henle 1837
familyTrygonidaeMüller and Henle 1837

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. Trygonidae Müller and Henle 1837
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G. †Cyclobatis Egerton 1844
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Cyclobatis longicaudatus Woodward 1942
Cyclobatis major Davis 1887
Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton 1844
Cyclobatis tuberculatus Cappetta 1980
G. †Xiphotrygon Cope 1879
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Xiphotrygon acutidens Cope 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Zanclean or 99.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Cyclobatis longicaudatus (221080 221233) Cyclobatis major (221156) Cyclobatis oligodactylus (221192) Cyclobatis oligodactylus, Cyclobatis major (213132) Cyclobatis oligodactylus, Cyclobatis major, Cyclobatis tuberculatus (69118)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Cyclobatis oligodactylus (124426)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Trygonidae indet. (22219)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Trygonidae indet. (22221)