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Ataktobatis variabilis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Ataktobatis variabilis was named by Cappetta and Corral (1999). Its type specimen is MCNA 8267, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Albaina-Laño quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone in the Torme Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Ataktobatis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Ataktobatis variabilis Cappetta and Corral p. 360 figs. Pl 4, figs 4-7

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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
genusAtaktobatis
speciesvariabilis

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.

†Ataktobatis variabilis Cappetta and Corral 1999
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Ataktobatis variabilis (type locality: 176782)