Raja texana Leriche 1942 (skate)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111

Belongs to Raja according to M. Leriche 1942

Sister taxa: Raja amphitrita, Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja cecilae, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja farishi, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja holsatica, Raja louisi, Raja manitaria, Raja marandati, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja rugosa, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja thiedei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Highway 71, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Texas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Highway 71

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