Coupatezia
Encyclopedia
Coupatezia is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in strata dating from the Maastrichtian
stage until the last species' extinction during the Middle Eocene
. These rays were found shallow seas in Europe
, Africa
and the eastern United States
.
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the latest age or upper stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series, the Cretaceous period or system, and of the Mesozoic era or erathem. It spanned from 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma to 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma...
stage until the last species' extinction during the Middle Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
. These rays were found shallow seas in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the eastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Species
- Coupatezia fallax
- Coupatezia trempina (Maastrichtian "Kemp Clay" stratum of Texas)
- Coupatezia turneri
- Coupatezia woutersi (Lutetian VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
)
Links
- Elasmo.com "The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks" http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/batoids/coupatezia.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html
See also
- Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stageFlora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stageThis is an incomplete list that briefly describes vertebrates that were extant during the Maastrichtian, a stage of the Late Cretaceous Period which extended from 70.6 to 65.5 million years before present...
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)