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Eotorpedo

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34717https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34717
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rajiformes : Torpedinidae : Eotorpedo
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphiiCapetta 1980
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
-Torpedinoidea
familyTorpedinidae
genusEotorpedoWhite 1934
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eotorpedogenusbelongs to Torpedinidaestated without evidenceCappetta, 1987
Eotorpedogenusbelongs to Torpedinoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Eotorpedogenusbelongs to Torpedinidaestated without evidenceCase et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Rajiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Rajiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
species
listed (PBDB)866.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Eotorpedo jaekeli
species
listed (PBDB)158.7 Ma
Paleocene
58.7 Ma
Paleocene
Eotorpedo nolfi
species
listed (PBDB)
Eotorpedo zennaroi
species
listed (PBDB)166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Eotorpedo White
1987Eotorpedo Cappetta p. 160
1988Eotorpedo Cappetta p. 24
2002Eotorpedo Sepkoski, Jr.
2015Eotorpedo Case et al. p. 1129

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Cappetta H. (1987) , Handbook of Paleoichthyology: Chondrichthyes II Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii, 1-193
Cappetta H. (1988) Les Torpediniformes (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) des phosphates du Maroc; observations sur la denture des genres actuels. The Torpedini, Tertiary Research 10 1, 21-52
Case G. R., Cook T. D., et al (2015) A new elasmobranch assemblage from the early Eocene (Ypresian) Fishburne Formation of Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, 1121-1136 doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0061
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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