Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327
Belongs to Coupatezia according to F. Moreau and S. Mathis 2000
See also Kriwet et al. 2007 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Coupatezia ambroggii, Coupatezia attiai, Coupatezia boujoi, Coupatezia chariri, Coupatezia cristata, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia fallax, Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia melittiana, Coupatezia miretrainensis, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia trempina, Coupatezia turneri, Coupatezia woutersi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in the Couche II Formation of Morocco
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection), Morocco (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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