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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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 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], Pteroplatea Muller and Henle 1837 [synonym]
G. †Jacquhermania Cappetta 1982
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
Subfm. †Urogymninae Last 2016
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G. †Himantura Müller and Henle 1837
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Himantura souarfortuna Adnet et al. 2020
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the MN 13 or 99.60000 to 4.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Gymnura laterialata (214508)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco Gymnuridae indet. (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Gymnuridae indet. (116900 214370)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco Gymnura delpiti (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco Gymnuridae indet., Gymnura delpiti (214839 214848)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco Gymnura delpiti (214833)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India Gymnura sp., Subathunura casieri (91316)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal Ouledia sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Ouledia sigei (214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Subathunura casieri (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India Subathunura casieri (91315)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Uttarakhand) Subathunura casieri (91312)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Jacqhermania duponti (3258)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Gymnura sp. (140018)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Gymnura sp. (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Gymnura sp. (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco Gymnuridae indet., Ouledia sp. (91339)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Gymnura latidens (41992) Gymnura sp. (41989 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Ouledia sp. (209380)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp., Himantura sp. (137540)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Ouledia lacuna, Himantura souarfortuna (173640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Gymnura sp., Ouledia sp., Himantura sp. (96686)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt 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)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Gymnura sp. (32899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Himantura sp. (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Himantura sp. (150337)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Gymnura sp. (97550)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Gymnura sp. (161899)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Gymnura sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Gymnura sp. (161934)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Pteroplatea lapislutosa (85313)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) Gymnura sp. (161384)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Gymnura sp. (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Gymnura sp. (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Gymnura sp. (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Himantura sp. (204946)