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 miretrainensis, 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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