Order Summary for Torpediniformes

  Main Ref
:
  Order
:
Torpediniformes electric rays
  Class
:
Elasmobranchii
  Sister Order
:
Rajiformes 50 M years
  Ref.
:
  First Fossil Record
:
early Tertiary
  Occurs in
:
Marine
Fresh
Brackish
  Remark
:
Disc truncate or emarginate anteriorly; jaws extremely slender; no labial cartilages; rostrum absent or reduced.
  Class etymology
:
Greek eulanein, elasmos = metal beaten out + Greek brangchia = gills. Ref. 45335.
  Order etymology
:
Latin, torpere, to be stiffed, paralyzed stiffness + + Latin, forma = shape (Ref. 45335).
  Families
:

Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]                       
Glossary
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