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Potamotrygon
Taxonomy
Potamotrygon was named by Garman (1877). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Jordan (1963); and to Potamotrygonidae by Adnet et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Jordan (1963); and to Potamotrygonidae by Adnet et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Potamotrygon Garman p. 389 |
| 1963 | Potamotrygon Jordan p. 604 |
| 2014 | Potamotrygon Adnet et al. p. 36 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | P. ucayalensis (176140) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | P. ucayalensis (144474) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | P. canaanorum (199561) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | P. sp. (176147) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Peru | P. sp. (176149) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru | P. sp. (176135) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Loreto) | P. rajachloeae, P. canaanorum (224007) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Peru | P. motoro (176156) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | P. motoro, P. sp. (176133 176162) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | P. sp. (122033) |