Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and J. Rees. 2002. Selachian faunas from the lowermost Purbeck Group of Dorset, southern England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:83-101
Belongs to Belemnobatis according to C. J. Underwood and J. Rees 2002
Sister taxa: Belemnobatis kermacki, Belemnobatis noviodunumensis, Belemnobatis picteti, Belemnobatis sismondae, Belemnobatis stahli
Type specimen: NHM P.65442, a tooth (anterior (male?) tooth). Its type locality is Durlston Bay DB 181, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal grainstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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