Igdabatis
Igdabatis Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Myliobatidae
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Genus: | Igdabatis
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Igdabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage of Spain ( and of the ), the Dukamaje Formation of Niger and the Takli, Lameta, and of India.[1]
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Species[]
Three species of Igdabatis are known from the Cretaceous of Spain, Niger, and India.
See also[]
- Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)
References[]
- ^ "Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ PRASAD, G. V. R., CAPPETTA, H. (1993). Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology. pp. 231–248.
- ^ Blanco, Alejandro (2018-08-16). "Igdabatis marmii sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of north-eastern Spain: an Ibero-Armorican origin for a Gondwanan batoid". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17: 1–15. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673.
Categories:
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
- Cretaceous cartilaginous fish
- Rajiformes
- Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs