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Myledaphus bipartitus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63022https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63022
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Myledaphus : Myledaphus bipartitus
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
speciesMyledaphus bipartitusCope 1876
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Myledaphus bipartitusspeciesbelongs to Myledaphusstated without evidenceCope, 1876
Myledaphus bipartitusspeciesbelongs to Myledaphusstated with evidenceEstes, 1964
Myledaphus bipartitusspeciesbelongs to Myledaphusstated without evidenceCase, 1978
Myledaphus bipartitusspeciesbelongs to MyledaphusimpliedBryant, 1989
Myledaphus bipartitusspeciesbelongs to Myledaphusstated without evidencePeng et al., 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Myledaphus bipartitus Cope pp. 260-261
1902Myledaphus bipartitus Hay p. 326
1902Myledaphus bipartitus Lambe p. 28
1964Myledaphus bipartitus Estes p. 15
1978Myledaphus bipartitus Case p. 198
1987Myledaphus bipartitus Cappetta p. 141
1989Myledaphus bipartitus Bryant p. 12
2001Myledaphus bipartitus Peng et al. p. 8

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
Lambe L. M. (1902) New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous), Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 2, 25-81
Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187
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
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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