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Dasyatis branisai

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatis branisai was named by Cappetta (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torotoro bone bed (Branisa collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Dasyatis branisai Cappetta p. 13 fig. 4
1987Dasyatis branisai Cappetta p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciesbranisai

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.

†Dasyatis branisai Cappetta 1975
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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 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia Dasyatis branisai (type locality: 229879) Dasyatis sp. (229877)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Dasyatis branisai (12855)