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Urolophus halleri

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae

Taxonomy
Urolophus halleri was named by Cooper (1863) [date is a gues]. It is extant. Its type locality is San Pedro, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Urobatis halleri by Cooper (1900), Jordan and Gilbert (1919) and Jordan and Hanibal (1923).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Urolophus halleri Cooper p. 95
1900Urobatis halleri Cooper
1919Urobatis halleri Jordan and Gilbert p. 62
1923Urobatis halleri Jordan and Hanibal p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyUrolophidaeGray 1851
genusUrolophus
specieshalleriCooper 1863

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.

Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Urolophus halleri (219849)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Urolophus halleri (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Urolophus halleri (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Urolophus halleri (190889 222660)