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Saltirius utahensis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Saltirius utahensis was named by Cook et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UMNH VP 19767, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turtle Basin, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the "Brian Head" Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Saltirius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Saltirius utahensis Cook et al. p. 498 figs. 2.1-2.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
genusSaltirius
speciesutahensis

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.

†Saltirius utahensis Cook et al. 2014
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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: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Dasyatidae indet. (type locality: 16877)