Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189

Belongs to Coupatezia according to J. Kriwet et al. 2007

See also Case and Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Coupatezia ambroggii, Coupatezia attiai, Coupatezia boujoi, Coupatezia chariri, Coupatezia cristata, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia fallax, Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia larivei, Coupatezia melittiana, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia trempina, Coupatezia woutersi

Type specimen: AMNH 12152, a tooth. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at South Sulphur River, Commerce

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