Aetobatus poeyi
Aetobatus poeyi Temporal range: ?Eocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Aetobatidae
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Species: | A. poeyi
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Aetobatus poeyi Fernández de Castro 1873
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Aetobatus poeyi is an extinct species of aetobatid eagle ray from Cuba.
Description[]
The batoid Aetobatus poeyi was described by Fernández de Castro in 1873 from a locality in the lands of Ingenio (sugar mill) Constancia (today Moncada), northwest of the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba. The Eocene age for this species assigned by Fernández de Castro (1873) is questionable. According to Fernández de Castro, the fossil was collected in rocks that crop out in the lower reach of Damují River basin.[1]
References[]
- ^ Iturralde Vinent et al., 1996, p.7
Bibliography[]
- Catalogue of Cuban fossil Elasmobranchii (Paleocene to Pliocene) and paleogeographic implications of their Lower to Middle Miocene occurrence. Boletín de la Sociedad Jamaicana de Geología 31. 7–21. Accessed 2018-08-03. ; , and . 1996.
Further reading[]
- Myliobatidae (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) del terciario de Cuba. 8. 135–145. Accessed 2018-08-03. . 1998.
Categories:
- Aetobatus
- Fossils of Cuba
- Fossil taxa described in 1873
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs