Myliobatis bothriodon
Myliobatis bothriodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Myliobatidae |
Genus: | Myliobatis |
Species: | †M. bothriodon
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Binomial name | |
†Myliobatis bothriodon White, 1926
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Myliobatis bothriodon is a species of extinct eagle ray that lived for 8.2 million years.[1] It only has one occurrence, which was in Nigeria,[2] during the Eocene epoch. The specimen was found in a Lutetian marine horizon.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Fossilworks: Myliobatis bothriodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 1926
- Myliobatis
- Fossils of Nigeria
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs