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Raja

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Raja Linnaeus p. 231
1889Raja Woodward p. 85
1894Raja Jaekel p. 63
1902Raja Hay p. 315
1904Raja Eastman p. 71
1926Raja Leriche p. 383
1942Raja Leriche p. 12
1946Raja Casier p. 100
1963Raja Jordan p. 603
1966Raja Cassier p. 90
1968Raja Jonet p. 247
1980Raja Cappetta p. 202
1981Raja Thurmond and Jones p. 72
1983Raja Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1987Raja Cappetta p. 143
2001Raja Purdy et al. p. 89
2002Raja Sepkoski
2007Raja Cahuzac et al. p. 26
2009Raja Cicimurri and Knight p. 635
2015Raja Welton p. 8
2018Raja Kent p. 124
2020Raja Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
familyRajidaeBlainville 1816
genusRaja

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
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: 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
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) R. sp. (91635)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon R. davisi (92241)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) R. sp. (58100)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) R. sp. (221504)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) R. farishi (83331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) R. farishi (61738)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger R. louisi (229530)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Landes) R. michauxi (161754)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) R. texana (83826)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0France (Landes) R. marandati (161753)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) R. sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) R. sp. (16848)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Oregon) R. sp. (201282)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) R. sp. (45640)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany R. heinzelini (46098) R. terhagensis, R. casieri, R. ceciliae, R. heinzelini (46096)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) R. sp., R. mccollumi (60444 224900)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) R. sp., R. mccollumi (97550)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) R. casieri, R. terhagenensis (32012)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) R. sp. (87721)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) R. sp. (42842)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) R. sp. (210593)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands R. sp. (45505)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) R. sp. (59059)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) R. sp. (79793)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) R. sp. (161445)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) R. sp. (126605 187324)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malta (Ras ii-Karraba) R. gentili (161384)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium R. holsatica, R. sp. (208831)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) R. sp. (161995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland R. sp. (121515)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Portugal R. praeclavata (91355)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) R. sp. (89445)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) R. sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark R. sp. (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa R. sp. (22219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) R. sp. (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) R. sp. (162679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands R. sp. (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) R. sloani (191998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) R. sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal R. sp. (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) R. sp., R. olisiponensis (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal R. sp. (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) R. sp. (77594)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) R. sp. (52582)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) R. sp., R. clavata (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) R. agassizi (53926) R. sp. (213136)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) R. sp. (89446)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) R. batis (78012)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) R. clavata (58420)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) R. sp. (59062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) R. biloculata (222407 222408)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) R. sp. (85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) R. sp. (190889) R. spp. (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) R. sp. (73485)