Garabatis Cappetta 1993 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1993. Sélaciens nouveaux (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) du Paléocène supérieur de la région d'Ouarzazate, Maroc. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 67:109-122

Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to J. J. De Pasqua et al. 2025

See also Adnet et al. 2020 and Tabuce et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis, Pseudaetobatus, Pteromylaeus, Rhizochlatrus, Rhizochlatrus vidalis

Subtaxa: Garabatis atlasi

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Type: Garabatis atlasi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection), Morocco (1), Senegal (1), Tunisia (1), Western Sahara (1)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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