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Raja
Taxonomy
Raja was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R]. It is extant. Its type is Raja batis.
It was assigned to Rajiformes by Woodward (1889); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rajidae by Jaekel (1894), Hay (1902), Eastman (1904), Leriche (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Cappetta (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Welton (2015), Kent (2018) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Rajiformes by Woodward (1889); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rajidae by Jaekel (1894), Hay (1902), Eastman (1904), Leriche (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Cappetta (1987), Purdy et al. (2001), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Welton (2015), Kent (2018) and Villafaña et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Raja Linnaeus p. 231 |
1889 | Raja Woodward p. 85 |
1894 | Raja Jaekel p. 63 |
1902 | Raja Hay p. 315 |
1904 | Raja Eastman p. 71 |
1926 | Raja Leriche p. 383 |
1942 | Raja Leriche p. 12 |
1946 | Raja Casier p. 100 |
1963 | Raja Jordan p. 603 |
1966 | Raja Cassier p. 90 |
1968 | Raja Jonet p. 247 |
1980 | Raja Cappetta p. 202 |
1981 | Raja Thurmond and Jones p. 72 |
1983 | Raja Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
1987 | Raja Cappetta p. 143 |
2001 | Raja Purdy et al. p. 89 |
2002 | Raja Sepkoski |
2007 | Raja Cahuzac et al. p. 26 |
2009 | Raja Cicimurri and Knight p. 635 |
2015 | Raja Welton p. 8 |
2018 | Raja Kent p. 124 |
2020 | Raja Villafaña et al. |
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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. Raja Linnaeus 1758
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†Raja antiqua Agassiz 1843
†Raja batis Linnaeus 1758
†Raja casieri Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja ceciliae Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767
†Raja davisi Fowler 1958
†Raja fallax Arambourg 1952
†Raja gentili Joleaud 1912
†Raja harrisae Ward 1984
†Raja heinzelini Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja louisi Cappetta 1972
†Raja marandati Adnet 2006
†Raja mccollumi Cicimurri and Knight 2009
†Raja michauxi Adnet 2006
†Raja olisiponensis Jonet 1968
†Raja praeclavata Jonet 1968
†Raja primarmata Woodward 1889
†Raja similis Woodward 1889
†Raja sudhakari Prasad and Cappetta 1993
†Raja terhagenensis Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja texana Leriche 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 208.50000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (61 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | R. sp. (91635) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | R. davisi (92241) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | R. sp. (58100) | |
Maastrichtian | Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) | R. sp. (221504) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | R. farishi (83331) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | R. farishi (61738) | |
Thanetian | Niger | R. louisi (229530) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | France (Landes) | R. michauxi (161754) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Texas) | R. texana (83826) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | France (Landes) | R. marandati (161753) | |
Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | R. sp. (140018) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | R. sp. (16848) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | R. sp. (201282) | |
Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | R. sp. (45640) | |
Rupelian | Germany | R. heinzelini (46098) R. terhagensis, R. casieri, R. ceciliae, R. heinzelini (46096) | |
Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | R. sp., R. mccollumi (60444 224900) | |
Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | R. sp., R. mccollumi (97550) | |
Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | R. casieri, R. terhagenensis (32012) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | India (Gujarat) | R. sp. (87721) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | India (Orissa) | R. sp. (42842) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | R. sp. (210593) | |
Langhian | Netherlands | R. sp. (45505) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | R. sp. (59059) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (79793) | |
Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | R. sp. (161445) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (126605 187324) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) | R. gentili (161384) | |
Badenian | Belgium | R. holsatica, R. sp. (208831) | |
Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | R. sp. (161995) | |
Tortonian | Poland | R. sp. (121515) | |
Tortonian | Portugal | R. praeclavata (91355) | |
Tortonian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | R. sp. (89445) | |
Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (152251) | |
Tortonian | Denmark | R. sp. (98312) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | R. sp. (22219) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | R. sp. (162678) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | R. sp. (162679) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | R. sp. (53889) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | R. sloani (191998) | |
Messinian | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (179732) | |
Messinian | Portugal | R. sp. (91423) | |
MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | R. sp., R. olisiponensis (65955) | |
MN 13 | Portugal | R. sp. (65954) | |
Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | R. sp. (77594) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | R. sp. (52582) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | R. sp., R. clavata (59003) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | R. agassizi (53926) R. sp. (213136) | |
Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | R. sp. (89446) | |
Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | R. batis (78012) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | R. clavata (58420) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | R. sp. (59062) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | R. biloculata (222407 222408) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | R. sp. (85314) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | R. sp. (190889) R. spp. (59063) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | R. sp. (73485) |