Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Subordo: Myliobatoidei
Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea
Familia: Mobulidae
Genus: †Argoubia
Species: †A. arnoldmülleri – †A. barbei
Name
†Argoubia Adnet et al., 2012
Type species: †Argoubia barbei Adnet et al., 2012
Etymology: From the close souk of El Argoub.
References
Adnet, S., Cappetta, H., Guinot, G. & Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2012. Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 132–159. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x Reference page.
Argoubia is an extinct genus of devil ray from the Paleogene period. It is named for the town of El Argoub, Morocco. The type species, A. barbei, is from the Priabonian-aged Samlat formation of Morocco. The specific epithet honors Mr. Gérard Barb who helped collect the first specimens of this species. A. arnoldmülleri is a second species from the middle Oligocene Böhlen Formation of the Zwenkau lignite mines of Germany. It is named for Dr. Arnold Müller, curator of Palaeontological and Geological collections at Leipzig University.[1][2]
References
ADNET, SYLVAIN; CAPPETTA, HENRI; GUINOT, GUILLAUME; NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA, GIUSEPPE (September 2012). "Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (1): 132–159. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00844.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
Leder, R. M. (2015). Fossile Reste von Selachiern und Chimaeren aus dem Muschelschluff und Phosphoritknollenhorizont von Zwenkau bei Leipzig Fossil remains of selachiens and chimaera from the Muschelschluff and Phosphoritknollenhorizont.
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