Eoplatyrhina bolcensis

(Heckel, 1851)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Platyrhinidae

Reference of the original description
Heckel, M.J. (1851)
Bericht einer auf Kosten der kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften durch Oberösterreich nach Salzburg, München, Innsbruck, Botzen, Verona, Padua, Venedig und Triest unternommenen Reise. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch–Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 7, 281–333

Image of the original description

Eoplatyrhina bolcensis (Heckel, 1851), Eocene Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, 8873C/8874C, holotype; Scale bar 100 mm © Giuseppe Marramà, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Narcopterus bolcanus, Platyrhina bolcensis

Types
Eoplatyrhina bolcensis

Platyrhina bolcensis
Holotype: MGP-PD: 8874C/8875C;


Description:


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Eoplatyrhina bolcensis (Heckel, 1851), Eocene Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, 8873C/8874C, holotype; Scale bar 100 mm © Giuseppe Marramà, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

Description
Original diagnose after Marramà et al. (2020) p. 1523 [28661]: Platyrhinid characterized by the following combination of characters: rostral cartilage very long, 1522 G. Marram a et al. almost reaching the anterior border of the disc; anterior fontanel extending through the entire length of the rostral cartilage with a closed and concave posterior border; nasal capsules at right angles to the rostrum; single small horn on nasal capsule; large space between the hyomandibulae and mandibular arch; approximately 132 vertebral centra (20–24 trunk centra; 113–118 centra from puboischiadic bar to the tip of tail); 15 or 16 rib pairs; 81–87 pectoral radials (35–38 propterygial, 8–10 mesopterygial, 38–41 metapterygial); 18–21 pelvic radials; short, straight and stout claspers (about 10% of total length; TL, hereafter); 20–25 caudal-fin radials on both ventral and dorsal sides (40–50 in total); thorns absent.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15988;
valid after Marramà et al. (2020) p. 1523 [28661];



References
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Diversity, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental significance of the Eocene chondrichthyan assemblages of the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy. Lethaia, 54(5), 736–751
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Marrama, G. & Carnevale, G. & Claeson, K.M. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Kriwet, J. (2020)
Revision of the Eocene ‘Platyrhina’ species from the Bolca Lagerstätte (Italy) reveals the first panray (Batomorphii: Zanobatidae) in the fossil record. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 18, 1519–1542
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1783380
Marrama, G. & Carnevale, G. & Claeson, K.M. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Kriwet, J. (2020)
Revision of the Eocene ‘Platyrhina’ species from the Bolca Lagerstätte (Italy) reveals the first panray (Batomorphii: Zanobatidae) in the fossil record. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 18, 1519–1542
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1783380
Marramà, G. & Carnevale, G. & Engelbrecht, A. & Claeson, K.M. & Zorzin, R. (2018)
A synoptic review of the Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, Italy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 92(2), 283–313
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Jaekel, O. (1894)
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de Zigno, A. (1874)
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