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Urobatis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Urobatis is a genus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urolophus by Cappetta (1987).

It was assigned to Urolophidae by Jordan and Hanibal (1923); to Dasyatidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919) and Jordan (1963); and to Rajiformes by Underwood (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Urobatis Jordan and Gilbert p. 62
1923Urobatis Jordan and Hanibal p. 59
1963Urobatis Jordan p. 604
2006Urobatis Underwood p. 235

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

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. †Urobatis
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Urobatis halleri Cooper 1863
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) U. sp. (159356)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) U. halleri (186028)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama U. sp. (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) U. sp. (160567)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) U. halleri (219031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) U. halleri (59063 160361)