Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae

LIE Couturier, AD Marshall, FRA Jaine… - Journal of fish …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Mobulidae are zooplanktivorous elasmobranchs comprising two recognized species of
manta rays (Manta spp.) and nine recognized species of devil rays (Mobula spp.). They are …

Sélaciens nouveaux du London Clay de l'Essex (Yprésien du bassin de Londres)

H Cappetta - Geobios, 1976 - Elsevier
Résumé Le gisement yprésien de Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex) a livré de nombreuses
espèces de sélaciens dont plusieurs sont nouvelles: Hexanchus agassizi nov. sp …

Higher elasmobranch phylogeny and biostratigraphy

JG Maisey - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1984 - academic.oup.com
Living sharks, skates and rays share several derived skeletal characters that are absent in
most extinct elasmobranchs, suggesting a monophyletic group of 'higher'elasmobranchs …

Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

DJ Long - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The marine waters of present-day Antarctica contain an exceedingly depauperate
elasmobranch fauna. Recent investigations into the Eocene marine sediments of the La …

Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA

DJ Cicimurri, JL Knight - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2009 - BioOne
A diverse vertebrate fauna, dominated by elasmobranch taxa, was collected from the upper
Oligocene (Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation in Summerville, Dorchester County, South …

Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference

S Adnet, H Cappetta, G Guinot… - Zoological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The exact affinities of the fossil teeth attributed to the devilrays (mobulids) are critical for
resolving the debated origin of these giant pelagic rays amongst Myliobatiformes and the …

The early Miocene elasmobranch assemblage from Zamaca (Chilcatay Formation, Peru)

W Landini, A Collareta, C Di Celma… - Journal of South …, 2019 - Elsevier
A newly discovered elasmobranch assemblage from the fossil-bearing area of Zamaca
(Chilcatay Formation, southern Peru) is described herein, providing a first comprehensive …

An early Neogene elasmobranch fauna from the southern Caribbean (western Venezuela)

JD Carrillo-Briceño, OA Aguilera, C De Gracia… - Palaeontologia …, 2016 - zora.uzh.ch
The Cantaure Formation (Burdigalian to? early Langhian) is located in the Falcón Basin,
North Western Venezuela, and includes one of the most diverse Neogene teleostean and …

The late Miocene elasmobranch assemblage from Cerro Colorado (Pisco Formation, Peru)

W Landini, A Altamirano-Sierra, A Collareta… - Journal of South …, 2017 - Elsevier
The new late Miocene elasmobranch assemblage from Cerro Colorado (Pisco Formation)
described herein provides a first comprehensive view on the composition and structure of …

Selachians from the Carlile Shale (Turonian) of South Dakota

H Cappetta - Journal of Paleontology, 1973 - JSTOR
The ichthyofauna of the Carlile Shale (Turonian) of South Dakota has an interesting fauna of
selachians. Of twelve species reported, four are new (Odontaspis parvidens, Brachaelurus …