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Myledaphus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34808https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34808
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Myledaphus
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
-Batoidea
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusMyledaphusCope 1876
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Chimaeridaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Dasyatidaestated with evidenceEstes, 1964
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Dasyatidaestated without evidenceEstes and Berberian, 1970
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Rhinobatoideistated without evidenceCappetta, 1987
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to BatoideaimpliedBryant, 1989
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Rajiformesstated without evidencePeng et al., 2001
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Anacoracidaestated without evidencePearson et al., 2002
Myledaphusgenusbelongs to Chimaeriformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Myliobatiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Myliobatiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Myledaphus bipartitus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)18483.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Myledaphus Cope pp. 260-261
1902Myledaphus Hay p. 326
1964Myledaphus Estes p. 15
1970Myledaphus Estes and Berberian p. 3
1978Myledaphus Case p. 198
1987Myledaphus Cappetta p. 139
1989Myledaphus Bryant p. 12
2001Myledaphus Peng et al. p. 8
2002Myledaphus Pearson et al. p. 154
2002Myledaphus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Cope E. D. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28, 248-261
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187
Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35
Case G. R. (1978) A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160 Lfg. 1-6, 176-205
Cappetta H. (1987) , Handbook of Paleoichthyology: Chondrichthyes II Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii, 1-193
Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107
Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54
Pearson D. A., Schaefer T., et al (2002) Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota, The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361, 145-167
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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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