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Coupatezia
Taxonomy
Coupatezia was named by Cappetta (1982) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. Its type is Coupatezia woutersi.
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Case et al. (2015); to Myliobatoidei by Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Dasyatoidea by Cappetta (1987), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Tabuce et al. (2005), Kriwet et al. (2007), Corral et al. (2016), Adnet et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Case et al. (2015); to Myliobatoidei by Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Dasyatoidea by Cappetta (1987), Noubhani and Cappetta (1997), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Tabuce et al. (2005), Kriwet et al. (2007), Corral et al. (2016), Adnet et al. (2020), Feichtinger et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).
Species
C. ambroggii, C. attiai, C. boujoi, C. chariri, C. cristata, C. danica, C. elevata, C. fallax, C. laevis, C. larivei, C. melittiana, C. reniformis, C. trempina, C. turneri, C. woutersi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Coupatezia Cappetta |
| 1987 | Coupatezia Cappetta p. 167 |
| 1997 | Coupatezia Noubhani and Cappetta p. 107 |
| 1999 | Coupatezia Cappetta and Corral p. 364 |
| 2002 | Coupatezia Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Coupatezia Tabuce et al. p. 387 |
| 2007 | Coupatezia Kriwet et al. |
| 2015 | Coupatezia Case et al. p. 1132 |
| 2016 | Coupatezia Corral et al. p. 655 |
| 2019 | Coupatezia Ebersole et al. p. 117 |
| 2020 | Coupatezia Adnet et al. p. 38 |
| 2022 | Coupatezia Feichtinger et al. p. 20 |
| 2023 | Coupatezia Guinot et al. pp. 19-22 figs. 11-12A-C |
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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. †Coupatezia Cappetta 1982
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†Coupatezia ambroggii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia attiai Cook 2010
†Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia chariri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia cristata Adnet et al. 2020
†Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia elevata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952
†Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia melittiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia reniformis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia trempina Kriwet et al. 2007
†Coupatezia turneri Case and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 70.60000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (75 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Syria | C. sp. (117853 117854 117857) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | C. sp. (58100) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | C. sp., C. trempina (76212) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Morocco | C. ambroggii (116901 214826) C. sp., C. ambroggii (116903) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Burgos) | C. fallax (176782 213730) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | C. elevata (213665 213666 214374 214375 214835 214837) C. elevata, C. fallax (99627 214831) C. elevata, C. reniformis (214368) C. elevata, C. reniformis, C. fallax (214838) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Austria | C. sp. (228232) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | C. turneri (61738) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | C. sp. (199535) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco (Beni Mellal) | C. elevata, C. reniformis, C. fallax (214842) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Morocco | C. laevis, C. fallax (214373) | |
| Danian | Morocco | C. chariri, C. danica, C. laevis, C. melittiana (91362) C. danica, C. laevis (116900 214369) C. danica, C. laevis, C. fallax (214834) C. laevis (214370 214372) | |
| Selandian | Morocco | C. larivei (133217) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Morocco | C. larivei (214848) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco | C. larivei (214833) | |
| Thanetian | USA (South Carolina) | C. woutersi (186974) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | C. woutersi (62872) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | France (Oise) | C. sp. (166598) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | C. sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | C. boujoi (116904 158991 214840 214841 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851) | |
| Ypresian | USA (South Carolina) | C. sp. (203258) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | C. sp. (81179 209524) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | C. woatersi (15595) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | C. woutersi (62890) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | C. woutersi (3256 3257) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | C. sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | Morocco | C. sp. (91339) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | C. sp. (133429 209380) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | C. woutersi (13346) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | C. woutersi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | France (Landes) | C. miretrainensis (161753) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | C. sp. (140018) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | C. woutersi (62573) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | Pachygymnura attiai, C. cristata (173640) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | C. sp. (137550 137551 137554 137564 137579 137582 145984) |