Igdabatis

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Igdabatis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Myliobatidae
Genus:
Igdabatis
Species:
  • I. indicus Prasad & Cappetta 1993
  • I. sigmodon Cappetta 1972
  • I. marmii Blanco 2018

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]

Classification[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. ^ PRASAD, G. V. R., CAPPETTA, H. (1993). Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology. pp. 231–248.
  4. ^ 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.


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