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Distobatus nutiae

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Distobatidae

Taxonomy
Distobatus nutiae was named by Werner (1989). Its type specimen is BSP 1912 VIII 546, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist Sockel, bed 7n, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Distobatus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Distobatus nutiae Werner p. 89 figs. Pl 45, fig 1; pl 46, figs 1,2; pl 47, figs 1-5; pl 48, figs 1-9; pl 49, figs 1-4; pl 50, figs 1-4; t

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyDistobatidae
genusDistobatus
speciesnutiae

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.

Distobatus nutiae Werner 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Distobatus nutiae (224513)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Distobatus nutiae (25325)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Matruh) Parapaleobates sp. (84550)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Distobatus nutiae (214508) Rhinoptera sp. (type locality: 214404 214408 214432)